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Breepee2

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  1. Does it works with rechargable super AA's (with capacities in the 2000 mAh range)? Oh, and what are it's dimensions?
  2. I'm going to buy an audiocard to use in a computer specifically built for music playback. What I seek is a card that features a digital out (preferably optical) which can broadcast true 44.1kHz PCM (not like most AC97 chips which convert no-matter-what to 48kHz). I'll be playing back a big archive of FLAC's (ripped from my CD collection) and leave the Digital>Analog conversion to my amplifier. It must support pass-through too for an occasional DVD. Also, I want this a little cheap I know an M-Audio Revolution 7.1 can do what I want, but it's a tad expensive (€70) and I don't really need fancy 7.1, EAX or A3D. Just a way to get stereo PCM digitally to my amp without resampling to 48kHz. Any ideas?
  3. Aah trak trak as in how the Brittish pronounce fast.
  4. Breepee2

    FLAC

    An easy solution is converting all your FLAC to WMA Lossless (make sure there's no DRM added). Sonicstage can upload WMA Lossless like an MP3.
  5. Absolutely true of course But when dealing with different kinds of storage (lossy Atrac3plus, FLAC, DVD audio) slapping a few lines over each other is going to tell you zero about percieved sound quality. And that's what count when you're judging a lossy codec.
  6. I hope everyone realises frequency analysis says absolutely nothing about percieved audio quality. The best thing is to do some ABX-ing yourself, or obtain ABX-results from a lot of other people and try to determine whether theres a trend or not.
  7. Well, well, well... Sony is seeing the light! Maybe things will be allright after all. One thing left to do : (everyone:) FLAC SUPPORT
  8. Sound Forge is indeed a neat program, but there are 2 versions. The one for home use and the one for pros. Don't know about the difference actually, but you might wanna take a look into it. Try googling around.
  9. Yep, that's why companies should be forced (through legislation or boycot) to comply with and develop new OPEN standards, so that everything and anyone can interoperate if they wish.
  10. At least a 6600GT, but 6800 AGP are less expensive than PCIe 6800's, so you might wanna look into that (is going to cost up too about 300). If possible 1GB mem. DO NOT get Windows XP 64 bit, unless you need it for some specific software. There's still a lot of apps and hardware that don't work comfortable with it and the switch is atm not for anything normal necessary.
  11. No argument there, but if you want full SS compatibility (and lossless) it's the only way at the moment.
  12. Nothing wrong with WMA Lossless which works fine with SS. Nice combo if you ask me.
  13. You're right, I only checked the description. Strange anyhow, because it seems to me there's only software needed on the computers side to upload methinks.... (to read the .hma)
  14. I always liked dex, because of his refreshing outlook on MD... Gee, we're talking like he's dead! Does anyone know what exactly happened to him? BTW, BasicX looks real nice.
  15. OK, these things are essentially RH-10's, without legacy/MP3 support, with a mike in the package and a tool to upload to mac. Downloading onto a disc is still not possible w/o Windows. Hmm....
  16. Indeed. It's the only software I know of any any OS that support kernel streaming. Well, sop in an audiocard with optical out, hook it up to your digital amplifier: instant perfect HiFi output.
  17. And our stupid forces (DutchBat) we're sitting on their ass, waiting for French air support that never came (due to a corrupt general). As a Dutchman, I'm ashamed that our ground forces stood by and did nothing.
  18. OK, I'll bite I primairily use my MD (not Hi or Net jet) as a player. Of course I record CD's to it, but if I could upload music to it faster (and not thru SS) I would. So I don't really require realtime recording (although it's a nice feature and I don't exaclty need to lose it). The thing I like best about the MD is the MD itself: the disc. Removable, cheap and small. That's what I want (not a fixed medium, since my music wouldn't fit on any MP3-player). Removable storage, and there's really only one option: MD. Only too bad Sony doesn't support a lossless format yet
  19. I've stumbled across an extremely usefull (Windows) tool for maintaining large FLAC library's (as do I). As you might know FLAC has a built in checksum for the music-stream, and let's you test it in order to verify if the file is still OK (corruptness happens these days with big drives). Doing that by hand is a lot of work, and this little application does it all for you. On top of that you can check tags too. http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=28830 Maybe something for in the downloads section?
  20. I CANT HEAR YOU CUZ YOUR SCREAMING TOO LOUD!!!!! No need for CAPS, we'll read such sensational news anyway Sounds really interesting. I presume these would be usable in all HiMD units to date, or Sony has a big surprise in september for us.
  21. AD/DA convertors on computer sound cards are generally bad. Add that they tend to pick up lot's of computer generated noise, I'd stick to your original plan.
  22. Slap everything in 1 folder, tag with MP3Tag (http://www.mp3tag.de/) and only use SS to upload. Oh, and I btw rip with Plextools to FLAC
  23. If you want to listen to your MD, you must always use sonicstage. And I don't entirely agree with Volta, there's more to MD than recording (which I don't really do, aside from puttings CD's over because I can't bring myself to using sillystage). The thing I like most about the format is the disc itself. Small, cheap, removable, rewritable, heaven. It's the rest that Sony is crippeling. MP3 support is very nice (as OGG Vorbis and FLAC would be) but the thing with MP3-players is: fixed harddrive! Be it flash or platters, you can't increase the size. Add that even the biggest one isn't big enough to hold all my music (so I'll have to swap anyway), I generally don't like it (though there are some devices that support my beloved format FLAC, and that's a huge advantage over MD I think). I'm just hoping Sony will support FLAC (or their own proprietary lossless codec if they must) someday, I'd be exhilarated. A way to use the device in Linux would be nice too (another advantage most MP3-players have).
  24. If you make sure you've got the tags right (album, artist, title, etc.) you can use musicdatabase software (like wxMusik, musikCube and under Linux Rhythmbox or numerous other apps). That's how it can look. With ease you can compile your own playlist, burn to CD/MD, play on the computer, whatever you want. No matter how big your archive is (I'm currently at 110GB, but I'm not even nearly finished getting al my CD's on the disk in FLAC), it's much more transparant then a bunch of CD's in the cabinet.
  25. Breepee2

    Sony MZ-DH10P

    Tracks once touched by SonicStage, aren't editable on the unit anymore, isn't it?
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