Nine Inch Nails to release new album with audiophile mastering
Thanks. The "audiophile" version has a little more bass, the "standard" version is a little brighter, and yes maybe there's a little less distortion in the audiophile version.But considering they told...
View ArticleApp to Overwrite Lower Quality Music
The volume differences are probably one of the only reasons I can think of NOT to do what I'm contemplating. I wouldn't mix recorded music with live performances obviously.Re-ripping isn't always an...
View ArticleAndre Wiethoff: "I am working on a new and exciting new ripping p
Still, I donÂ’t think heÂ’ll reveal any big info until the new program is released, considering that he seems to be intentionally keeping things vague on Twitter, so he might well not answer such questions.
View ArticleHow is the quality of MusePack SV8, vs. newer codecs like AAC, Vorbis?
QUOTE (Antonski @ Sep 3 2013, 00:05) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE ([JAZ] @ Sep 2 2013, 21:32) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It seems the plugin requires the c++ runtimes version 7.1, and it seems they weren't...
View Article--until rejects files shorter than the given time; how to work around?
Check your package manager. In deb based distributions and most likely in rpm based ones like centos sox formats are in separate packages:CODEaptitude search soxp  libsox-dev...
View ArticleWavPack VBR (quality oriented) mode
Ok I tested atemlied and other problem samples over the last few weeks. Taking into account the original goal of lowest possible bitrate for archiving - there is concern at using 450..500k bitrates to...
View ArticleABX'ing vinyl transfer, did I do this correctly?
Of course the download sounds different from the vinyl.If you match the levels perfectly, match the speed well and time-align the samples, and if the frequency response of your complete vinyl set-up...
View ArticleMetadata/tag mapping between FLAC, mp3, and UPnP/DLNA
Nothing new to add, but found relevant comments at line 3455 of this...https://github.com/robinbowes/flac2mp3/blob.../lib/MP3/Tag.pm...bemoaning the difficulty of knowing exactly what you are mapping...
View ArticleDIY amplifier cable
Lines 2 & 4 maybe (L-IN and R-IN) and then ground it on 1 3 or 5 depending on what they ground to?
View ArticleWhat specific issues does windows phone 8 have with id3 tags?
I couldn't give you a simple answer because the two things I thought of (ID3v2.3 ISO vs Unicode and YEAR=2013 vs YEAR=2013 09 04) are both visible in mp3tag, so you would have seen them already.If you...
View ArticleWhy is dBpoweramp reporting 16 bits as resolution for mp3?
I think that is very illogical and misleading behaviour when properties are being viewed in any context except playback itself (such as the status bar of a player).
View ArticleNine Inch Nails to release new album with audiophile mastering
QUOTE (soundping @ Sep 3 2013, 15:26) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The audio is hitting peak on both versions. The audiophile version needed to be remixed to obtain the best quality and tonal separation. The...
View ArticleWavPack VBR (quality oriented) mode
Thank you very much shadowking, appreciated.Now let's see if I got it right: since you've never scored 12/16 or better with anything else besides b4hx6 it means all other settings produce actual...
View ArticleDIY amplifier cable
I assume pins 2 & 4 are line-level connections, so you should be able to connect a 3.5mm jack or RCA connectors.Do you have a voltmeter? You might need to check the "normal" state/voltage of all...
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How is the quality of MusePack SV8, vs. newer codecs like AAC, Vorbis?
Good news (sort of):I remembered I had once seen the in_mpc sources, and launched my old PC to find them. They are the sources of version 0.96 (not too new, but not too old either). Also, I took some...
View ArticleWhy is dBpoweramp reporting 16 bits as the resolution for mp3?
QUOTE (spoon @ Sep 4 2013, 22:35) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The irony is...we can change this to report the bit depth as "", which will please the well educated people of this forum, however it will...
View ArticlePandora DSP/codec changed recently?
Interesting, thanks. I've been using Pandora One all along and wasn't aware there was a difference. However, I monitor audio metrics fairly close and am certain something has changed. Previously I have...
View ArticlePioneer MVH-P8200 AAC compatibility
Try looking here: http://hydrogenaudio.org/forums/?showtopic=91161Searching more might reveal further threads about the same subject.Edit: for example: http://hydrogenaudio.org/forums/?showtopic=73905
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