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Post by bayonic on Sept 19, 2006 6:53:33 GMT 7
i have been looking for a dedicated CD player for quite some time now ... been debating on whether to get a tube-based player or a cheap player and an external DAC . but after reading a few articles lately ... i have decided to skip the standalone player route altogether . one article claims it to be the One Transport To Rule Them All .... what is it ? the Hard Drive. www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/harddrive/harddrive.htmland how to get it to your amp and speakers ? www.sonicflare.com/archives/usb-audio.phpor better still .... go wireless and multi-zone .... www.sonos.com/products/?tref=ghomedisclaimer : I'm no audiophile . . . just a music lover  so no analog vs digital comments please |
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Post by zetroce on Sept 19, 2006 9:04:03 GMT 7
Classmate, how is this different from the current HD-based MP3 players like the i-POD?  Will the HD-Based system be of minimal compression? |
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Post by akyatbundok on Sept 19, 2006 10:11:14 GMT 7
i like the idea of a Mac Mini as a universal player for both movies & music..... it also doubles as a PC. ;D
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Post by mandrake on Sept 19, 2006 11:04:19 GMT 7
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Post by bayonic on Sept 19, 2006 19:00:59 GMT 7
Classmate, how is this different from the current HD-based MP3 players like the i-POD? Will the HD-Based system be of minimal compression? the iPod IS a portable HD-based system ... and i think it is because of the incredible success of the ipod that made people think about going to HD based systems in the first place . because the ipod and other portable players have limited disk space , the audio data ripped from the CD is converted to a "lossy" or "lousy" file which is heavily compressed so the file size can be reduced ... so you can have more songs packed in the limited disk space of your portable player. the "lossless" compression meanwhile claims to reduce the file size yet retain a bit-by-bit perfect copy of the original CD Audio track. an analogy would be a Zip file of several excel or word files. although the file size has been reduced , the exact data has been retained. the ipod can still play those lossless files but you can only pack fewer songs for the same amount of disk space. however , if you have a desktop which has a larger drive capacity ; or has the capability to add more hard drives , then you can basically rip all your CDs to lossless format and you can then store your CDs until your hard drive crashes and you need to re-rip them. if you have 1000 CDs , you would probably need 300GB of disk space. and with the prices of disk storage going south , you can get a 250GB for the price of a less than a dozen CDs. if you also work for an IT company , you can even have it for free once you have all your CDs on lossless format in your desktop , you need a USB DAC or an AMP/RECEIVER with USB inputs to play those files on your audiophile system. but seeing how many wonderful turntables you have classmate , i guess what you need is a robot that can play LPs hantayin natin , baka may surplus from CIA and FBI as an example : the track " Porcelain " from Julia Fordham's CD of the same name is a 56.89 MB on the Audio CD. 56.8 MB wav file after ripped with error correction ( 44.1 kHz , 16 bit , stereo ) 35.1 MB FLAC file after conversion ( in theory , an exact copy of the WAV file and the AUDIO CD Track 7.0 MB MP3 ( 192 kbps - High Quality ) 5.0 MB MP3 ( 128 kbps - Average Quality ) |
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Post by bayonic on Sept 19, 2006 19:33:08 GMT 7
i like the idea of a Mac Mini as a universal player for both movies & music..... it also doubles as a PC. ;D sir , eto ang kailangan mo  additional hard drive bay , speakers + 15 inch subwoofer |
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Post by D0Hbert on Sept 19, 2006 21:20:04 GMT 7
Yep, to experience real/accurate cd rips without the bloatm try using lossless compressions like Ape and Flac. I've been using the ape format in my rips to the PSP, good thing about the PSP, with coolplayer homebrew program, you can play *.ape compressed audio files off yer memory stick. Talo lang yung audio decoder ng PSP, but the technology is there and its much better than playing mp3s or aacs. You will definitely hear the difference between lossy and lossless formats. Problem with lossless, you can only compress the wavs into about half of its size. Hope this helps
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