ToNasty Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 I'm looking at getting a fiio x3 player which is i suppose an audiophile music player. Which is a lossless player My question is people say it plays flac and wav lossless files. Can someone tell me what that means and how I would convert somethung to flac or wave I'm sorry I am not good with computers and electronics ***Super Sellers List***http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/25829-super-sellers-buyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 flac is a lossless file, meaning it can be reconstituted back to the original 1s and 0s before going through the DAC. flac is compressed so it's smaller than WAV. I used to use EAC to rip CDs and it can convert to flac, all in one fell swoop. You can convert other files (mp3s, AAC, OGG, mp4) to flac or WAV, but you're wasting your time as they have already been destroyed having been converted down to a lossy format. 2007 Pacifica Rebuild. Less quiet. Still not loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToNasty Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 What is dac? ***Super Sellers List***http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/25829-super-sellers-buyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 oh Digital to Analog converter. does exactly that, turns digital 1s and 0s to an analog waveform. 2007 Pacifica Rebuild. Less quiet. Still not loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 You dont convert files to that type... You get them raw from the source. I mean im sure you can, but its pointless. Thats like taking a 96kbps song and converting it to 320kbps Its not going to sound better because there is so much compression on file structure and bandwidth missing from the 96kbps song so the 320kbps song is going to sound the same, but be a larger file size. You cant just go and restore losses in the audio unless you have the original file.Flac files your talking somewhere around 700+kbps to around 1500kbps or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToNasty Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 So it's pointless for me to even get the fiio x3? ***Super Sellers List***http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/25829-super-sellers-buyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 I got this Nelly Furtado album in Flac and sounds so amazing in the tahoe at 1300kbps. And my soundstage is generic! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToNasty Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Im,lost ***Super Sellers List***http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/25829-super-sellers-buyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 CDs are loosely considered the closest to original quality of the music. Any time you process the digital info it's deteriorated. Be weary of downloading flac, dsf, dff, or WAV files especially high res files since lots of them are just up converted from CD or vinyl... if you're using pirate bay or kickasstorrents. websites that sell music are usually legit. 2007 Pacifica Rebuild. Less quiet. Still not loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToNasty Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 So I'm better off just buying the sheffield labs cds rather than downloading them and buying the fiio player? ***Super Sellers List***http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/25829-super-sellers-buyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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