Krakin Posted June 15, 2015 Report Posted June 15, 2015 I think amazon may have lossless Codecs available. However, I believe you may be able to buy a CD and get the files off. Don't know how you'll do it, but I know there are ways. A lot of cds are horrible quality too these days. If the music is recorded poorly in the first place the cd sucks too. Duh.. "CD quality" or "Studio Quality" refers to the bit-rate and sample-rate at what it plays not how it was recorded. Krakin's Home Dipole Project http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/186153-krakins-dipole-project-new-reciever-in-rockford-science/#entry2772370 Krakin, are you some sort of mad scientist? I would have replied earlier, but I was measuring the output of my amp with a yardstick . . . What you hear is not the air pressure variation in itself but what has drawn your attention in the two streams of superimposed air pressure variations at your eardrums An acoustic event has dimensions of Time, Tone, Loudness and Space Everyone learns to render the 3-dimensional localization of sound based on the individual shape of their ears, thus no formula can achieve a definite effect for every listener.
Skullz Posted June 15, 2015 Report Posted June 15, 2015 There is no way to restore the lost quality after compressing the file, If you compressed it to 128kb than restoring it to 320 or wave is still 128kb in a larger file now. The trick is to only compress it as low as your able to not run out of room on your devices, whether it be an ipod, hard drive, flash drive or any other medium. Today's producers are becoming hacks like new people are to car audio with a gain knob, they increase the output to make it louder but fail to understand they have reduced the quality of the tracks they spent so much time perfecting. 01 Ford focus ZX3 Pioneer AVH-X491BHS PPI PC 4800.2 Morel Maximo 6.5" x2
Krakin Posted June 15, 2015 Report Posted June 15, 2015 Loudness wars... I hate looking at an oscilloscope and seeing it maxing the voltage rails out on vocals.. Krakin's Home Dipole Project http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/186153-krakins-dipole-project-new-reciever-in-rockford-science/#entry2772370 Krakin, are you some sort of mad scientist? I would have replied earlier, but I was measuring the output of my amp with a yardstick . . . What you hear is not the air pressure variation in itself but what has drawn your attention in the two streams of superimposed air pressure variations at your eardrums An acoustic event has dimensions of Time, Tone, Loudness and Space Everyone learns to render the 3-dimensional localization of sound based on the individual shape of their ears, thus no formula can achieve a definite effect for every listener.
reedal Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Posted June 16, 2015 I like it. SMD Tool Map https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/193176-smd-tool-map-new-november-2014/ Build log https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/197217-reeds-03-tahoe-hat-sqaq-singer-xs-shca-cockbox-80prs/?page=32
Triticum Agricolam Posted June 16, 2015 Report Posted June 16, 2015 I've ripped all my CDs to Apple Lossless (I like iTunes). There are several other lossless formats out there too, they all work the same. The advantage of any lossless format is all the information that was on the CD is still there and you can re-encode to a lossy format (like MP3) if you want to save space on your phone or whatever. Lossless format music files are a lot larger (30 Mb or so for a 4 min song), but hard drive space is stupid cheap these days so its no big deal at all to keep all the lossless files on your computer. "Nothing prevents people from knowing the truth more than the belief they already know it.""Making bass is easy, making music is the hard part."Builds:
reedal Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Posted June 16, 2015 I've ripped all my CDs to Apple Lossless (I like iTunes). There are several other lossless formats out there too, they all work the same. The advantage of any lossless format is all the information that was on the CD is still there and you can re-encode to a lossy format (like MP3) if you want to save space on your phone or whatever. Lossless format music files are a lot larger (30 Mb or so for a 4 min song), but hard drive space is stupid cheap these days so its no big deal at all to keep all the lossless files on your computer. That is definitely a lot larger. I guess I need to get some lossless songs to try and hear a quality difference. I prefer iTunes as well, since I use my old iPhone 5 as my storage source for the HU. SMD Tool Map https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/193176-smd-tool-map-new-november-2014/ Build log https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/197217-reeds-03-tahoe-hat-sqaq-singer-xs-shca-cockbox-80prs/?page=32
Triticum Agricolam Posted June 16, 2015 Report Posted June 16, 2015 iTunes can automatically convert your lossless songs down to a lower bitrate when it puts them on your phone, so that's nice. I can't hear a different between high bitrate MP3 (256 kbps+) and lossless, but I can tell the difference with lower bit rate MP3. I like knowing that I have ALL the information that was on the CD and I have it forever, that's why I like lossless formats. "Nothing prevents people from knowing the truth more than the belief they already know it.""Making bass is easy, making music is the hard part."Builds:
aculous Posted June 16, 2015 Report Posted June 16, 2015 Also watch out for encoders (don't know if itunes does this) that down mix 5.1 or surround mixes into pure stereo. I haven't had this issue a lot but some tracks I have ripped sounded bad because the encoder I was using changed the track from what it was to pure stereo which is hard to pick up on at first but then its really frustrating once you start hearing it. The other issue I see a lot is Constant bit rate vs variable bit rate. I still haven't reconciled the two as to which one is better although I don't really have a issue with WAV and FLAC with this since I am going from a cd to directly to those formats.
reedal Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Posted June 16, 2015 I believe most of my files are 320kbps MP3's, but I know there are some really crappy ones too. Some you can tell because they sound a little muddy compared to other songs. And I guess the AAC formats could be 320kbps too? But not for sure. I'll have to see if maybe when I purchase music off iTunes from now on if it will be downloaded in lossless format, just for shits and giggles. But I've got 11gb free on the iPhone 5 for music, so if it stays lossless and takes up space, I got a little while before I need to be worried about space SMD Tool Map https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/193176-smd-tool-map-new-november-2014/ Build log https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/197217-reeds-03-tahoe-hat-sqaq-singer-xs-shca-cockbox-80prs/?page=32
Triticum Agricolam Posted June 16, 2015 Report Posted June 16, 2015 The bitrate on lossless files varies, but its generally in the region of 900 kbps, so they will each up space on your iPhone pretty fast. "Nothing prevents people from knowing the truth more than the belief they already know it.""Making bass is easy, making music is the hard part."Builds:
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