Clipping on Mp3 players

[412 CVX]

Slightly off topic here, where's the best place to get high bitrate/high quality music without buying and ripping the full album?

Since iTunes isn't lossless, is there any place that is/comes close?

[eltortuga94]

Slightly off topic here, where's the best place to get high bitrate/high quality music without buying and ripping the full album?

Since iTunes isn't lossless, is there any place that is/comes close?

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[Rockbrook]

MP3's off an iPod's dock connector to USB will be the same as MP3's off a flash drive and will be the same as the same MP3's burned onto a CD. Burning an MP3 onto a CD doesn't magically up the bitrate and make a higher quality audio recording. It just writes whatever data is there. WAV will generally be a better bitrate as it is uncompressed (unless someone decided to lower it to reduce file size)

If you have your iPod at full volume through the AUX input, it'll be louder bass because it's actually a higher amplitude sine wave than the unamplified file off the CD. The "volume" knob on your iPod is a gain knob for the internal amplifier. Nothing more. The trade off is that the audio is now most likely a clipped signal. The same effect as turning the gain knob on your amp to full. It will be loud but it's risking damage to your equipment.

A small amount of clipping is fine of course but if you haven't used a DD-1 or o-scope to set your gains then your iPod is clipping plus your headunit at full volume could be clipping and possibly your sub amplifier. 3 potential sources of distortion simply compounding on one another. If you're going for best quality, stick to .wav files on a flash drive/iPod via dock connector or use CD's.

What if I put my Ipods volume to halfway instead of turning it all the way up when im using the AUX jack?

[rasic]

All music devices weather it be phone or iPod clip at 100 % your best luck is it lock it at 90 % there's a YouTube video of a guy scoping his iPod,

[rasic]

Slightly off topic here, where's the best place to get high bitrate/high quality music without buying and ripping the full album?

Since iTunes isn't lossless, is there any place that is/comes close?

I would say torrents but.if.I'm wrong please let me know too

[graham0599]

Slightly off topic here, where's the best place to get high bitrate/high quality music without buying and ripping the full album?

Since iTunes isn't lossless, is there any place that is/comes close?

I'd like to know this too

[Baydestrian]

CDs in my car bump harder at 26/35 than my iPOD at 28/35, most I go up to with CD is 28 and with iPOD I can take it to 30 but usually just have it at 28. iPOD I set the max volume limit at 1 below full and the EQ is set to Flat. I would use USB but the cord was cut not to mention it takes way too long to scroll thru on my single din Kenwood anyways.

I don't notice too much of a difference between either source, other than bass being a little heavier with CD and volume not having to be as loud, I've just been using iPOD again since burning mp3 cds takes forever and also like mentioned above a good quality aux cord is the key. I had been using a cheap one and the quality sucked so I went back to CD, my friend told me to get one that is gold shielded and of better quality so I bought this a few weeks ago http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AR5XIK/ref=oh_o05_s00_i00_details and the difference was night and day.

My settings on my HU are this:

CD - Sub: 0, Mid +4, Treble +4

Aux - Sub: +3, Mid +6, Treble +6

Edited December 26, 2011 by wonderbreadSTS