LossyFLAC yielding higher bitrate than FLAC alone
Thanks, TBeck. I guess the demand is going to be limited what with lossyWAV's modest use and TAK's limited device support compared to FLAC (and Wavpack which is in Rockbox) so lumbering people with...
View ArticleHelp picking out FLAC/MP3 player for home stereo
A vamp from here also works well as an inexpensive squeezebox replacement running squeezelite. See the Vortexbox site for forum discussions,...
View ArticleCUETools versions 1.9.5 through 2.1.4 (current)
QUOTE (Gregory S. Chudov @ May 10 2013, 20:59) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It's already in, and change log is here: http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/CUETools_ChangelogThanks, scanning now. Looks like it will...
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QUOTE (Eli @ May 12 2013, 18:38) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>After this crash AAD did not restart normally the first time, don't know if its a fluke or has to do with the crash:That's the same error as...
View ArticleR128GAIN: An EBU R128 compliant loudness scanner
QUOTE (MrMod @ May 11 2013, 23:05) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I noticed that the 14.4.1 windows build of SoX doesn't include FLAC or W64 support.This may be true for the official distribution, but it...
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Headphone amps, external power supplies: what difference do they make?
^^ unless something is really screwy with that amp you are not getting any coloration. That's my point, you took one good output and substituted it for another equivalent one. That doesn't do anything...
View ArticleAccurate Automatic Channel Balancing - Possible?
QUOTE (DVDdoug @ May 9 2013, 12:04) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE DVDdoug, thanks for the tip. I do have GoldWave, and I did go in there and try that, but it's pretty much the same as Audacity's...
View ArticleWhere to discuss speakers?
The only meshing you "usually" need to worry about is between the main L and R speakers and the center and subwoofer, those can have phase and tone issues, but the side and/or rear I just set the level...
View ArticleWhere to discuss speakers?
QUOTE (bigshot @ May 11 2013, 12:26) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Would this discussion be appropriate for General Audio, Multichannel, Hardware or Scientific?It wasn't clear until this last post that you...
View ArticleLooking to get headphones, i need advice on which one is better
QUOTE (Hydralisk86 @ Apr 17 2013, 20:20) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>since you use the Sonys for studio recording, editting, and other stuff, doesn't that make them better than the Audio Technica i posted...
View ArticleHeadphone amps, external power supplies: what difference do they make?
Any sound card will use a regulated voltage anyway (or at least it'd better or its quality is going to suffer), so they can generate any voltage level they want from the usual 3.3v rail. This is very...
View ArticleEAC says 100% quality, but AR cannot verify + checksum different: why?
Do you try to make sense of the logs you post, or do you just wait for someone to do the work for you?Hint: look for matching AR hashes and take note of the offsets. If you don't know what an offset is...
View ArticleDigital Restoration of 78rpm disks
QUOTE On speakers, the difference between stereo and mono isn't particularly jarring.I do agree; when I said it was jarring, I had headphones in mind, of course. Whoops.QUOTE ( @ May 13 2013, 11:11)...
View Articlefhg aac vs qaac
If we go by preferences I like Apple and use Apple True VBR but like IgorC said, it doesn't really mean anything.
View ArticleDTS Core vs. DTS MA; any ABX tests?
That was my general thinking as well. Thanks for the response. =)
View ArticleBest way to copy badly damaged CDs via EAC?
Toothpaste is known as a mild abrasive. I have also bought that screen renewer thing they use on plastic screens on boats. I had tenths of troublemaking CDs, so it was worth the $8 or whatever, but do...
View ArticleDoes Wavpack (or FLAC) support compression on 10 or 12 bit waveforms?
How would 10 or 12 bit even be packed? (It can't be packed in WAV, right?) Anyway, the FLAC specification has room for any bitdepth between 4 and 32 bit, but I'm not sure whether the reference encoder...
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