Do you use the best source material?
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spirovious
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See the courage :clapping:,I cant do with purchased DVDs by me.I can give away that to other.
I feel just because you are 'audiophile' you should use FLAC/WAV original CDs and delete all mp3s , is a biased
believe...
Many genres of music like
rock /pop/metal /trance ..many albums dont make
any difference if mp3 or FLAC.
If one does not like these and always listens to country/blues/classical etc then it is a different story.
I do use mp3s ,preferably well ripped.
believe...
Many genres of music like
rock /pop/metal /trance ..many albums dont make
any difference if mp3 or FLAC.
If one does not like these and always listens to country/blues/classical etc then it is a different story.
I do use mp3s ,preferably well ripped.
marsilians
Well-Known Member
I have a few systems.
On my HT, I use an Oppo 980 as the source and play SACD or DVDAs if I wanted to listen to multichannel music. Music DVDs whenever I host parties.
On my music only system, all of my listening is via CDs. Though I love analogue, I have not made the jump to building a full fledged system. No plans in the future as well. CDs are just too convenient for me.
I play flac on my Sansa and also connect to the car MP3 via analogue cable. CD rips of various genres.
On my desktop music system I play flacs and DRM'ed wma's when I used to have a napster subscription.
On my HT, I use an Oppo 980 as the source and play SACD or DVDAs if I wanted to listen to multichannel music. Music DVDs whenever I host parties.
On my music only system, all of my listening is via CDs. Though I love analogue, I have not made the jump to building a full fledged system. No plans in the future as well. CDs are just too convenient for me.
I play flac on my Sansa and also connect to the car MP3 via analogue cable. CD rips of various genres.
On my desktop music system I play flacs and DRM'ed wma's when I used to have a napster subscription.
Dolby has a feature called downmixing which takes all the channels on DVD (5.1,7.1 etc) and converts it into two channel stereo. Using this the information in other channels is not lost and is reproduced by front left and right speakers.
reignofchaos
Well-Known Member
Trance maybe yes, rock and metal - definitely not so. You are most welcome to my place to experience the same. There's a massive difference between the same song on vinyl and mp3 even for a heavy metal band.
Hi,
CD s on my stereo system obviously. mp3 on the ipod. After a thing called jailbreak the ipod can play flac it seems.Any one tried it? does it sound better than mp3 on the ipod?
After getting the Oppo, cd music thro my Onkyo AVR sounds very decent.Infact my son says dance genre sounds better on Oppo+onkyo.
In my car my old Sony CD player plays only Redbook CDs and won't play mp3.
cheers,
sri
CD s on my stereo system obviously. mp3 on the ipod. After a thing called jailbreak the ipod can play flac it seems.Any one tried it? does it sound better than mp3 on the ipod?
After getting the Oppo, cd music thro my Onkyo AVR sounds very decent.Infact my son says dance genre sounds better on Oppo+onkyo.
In my car my old Sony CD player plays only Redbook CDs and won't play mp3.
cheers,
sri
Hmm..setup and spending are the factors to consider, you must be having dedicated setup suitable for rock ,i dont have .I would love to experience ..
However i was telling if properly converted 320kbps mp3,for many albums in these genres, the difference is minimal.
anandkrishnantc
Member
amazone will not ship to India right?Either importcds or amazon
And what is the import duty for CDs to India?
Hi,
As i am relatively new to HIFI, i still have lots of my old Tamil movie songs collection in mp3/ipod format only. But, i use them through my 2.1 setup wherein, because of the components, it still sounds acceptable to me. Offlate, i have been buying the new songs in Audio CDs.
For english/western type of music which i am slowly getting into - i have been buying some quality used vinyls as source to play on my Stanton TT through my 2.1 setup which sounds great.
I am embarking on the long process of reorganising the source material to get to the best format affordable to me to play through my 2.1 setup
rgds swami
ipod/CA340cd player/Stanton t.60 TT/NAD c355bee amp/Mission m32i/Mordaunt Short 309i sub/Rotel 940x tuner
As i am relatively new to HIFI, i still have lots of my old Tamil movie songs collection in mp3/ipod format only. But, i use them through my 2.1 setup wherein, because of the components, it still sounds acceptable to me. Offlate, i have been buying the new songs in Audio CDs.
For english/western type of music which i am slowly getting into - i have been buying some quality used vinyls as source to play on my Stanton TT through my 2.1 setup which sounds great.
I am embarking on the long process of reorganising the source material to get to the best format affordable to me to play through my 2.1 setup
rgds swami
ipod/CA340cd player/Stanton t.60 TT/NAD c355bee amp/Mission m32i/Mordaunt Short 309i sub/Rotel 940x tuner
reignofchaos
Well-Known Member
Amazon ships CDs, LPs, books to India. Nothing much else. I've never been charged duty for any LPs/CDs that I've ordered.
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