[James Tanner]

That is good news James 
Does the Euro version ship next week too?

Hi,

We are up and running production as of this week so it should not be a problem getting units overseas soon.

james

[SGK]

Starting to reRIP my entire CD collection to ALAC ahead of picking a BDP up.  Any tips re organising files etc?

[James Tanner]

Starting to reRIP my entire CD collection to ALAC ahead of picking a BDP up.  Any tips re organising files etc?

Hi

I would recommend Wave or Flac or if you want to stay with MAC then AIFF.

James

[jtwrace]

Starting to reRIP my entire CD collection to ALAC ahead of picking a BDP up.  Any tips re organising files etc?

Why rerip it and not just convert them?  It's much quicker to convert.

[SGK]

Why rerip it and not just convert them?  It's much quicker to convert.

Because the current rips aren't lossless

[SGK]

Hi

I would recommend Wave or Flac or if you want to stay with MAC then AIFF.

James

AIFF is grossly inefficient.  I guess I can convert the ALAC folder to FLAC when done.  I thought you had ALAC up and running properly. Time to see the light...

What about subfolders etc or do you guys just drop all the individual files into one big folder?

[James Tanner]

AIFF is grossly inefficient.  I guess I can convert the ALAC folder to FLAC when done.  I thought you had ALAC up and running properly. Time to see the light...

What about subfolders etc or do you guys just drop all the individual files into one big folder?

Apple lossless will work OK but the others are just faster and Wave sounds best.

james

[jtwrace]

Apple lossless will work OK but the others are just faster and Wave sounds best.

james

There are many reports that they sound the same.   

[James Tanner]

There are many reports that they sound the same.   

Hi jw

Yes I know the discussion rages on  - but with the tests I have run on my setups I just prefer Wave.

And to add even more flame to the fire  I prefer Thumbdrives into the BDP over attached drives - go figure aye

james

[jtwrace]

Hi jw

Yes I know the discussion rages on  - but with the tests I have run on my setups I just prefer Wave.

james

So it's all subjective?

[James Tanner]

So it's all subjective?

I guess so - Each person chooses their system based on what they feel provides the best performance and the emotional connection they are after.

james

[jtwrace]

I guess so - Each person chooses their system based on what they feel provides the best performance and the emotional connection they are after.

james

Well, of course they do but I was just curious to know how you came to the conclusion that one was better then the other.  That's it.

[James Tanner]

Well, of course they do but I was just curious to know how you came to the conclusion that one was better then the other.  That's it.

Oh sorry - just listening to all the different versions in my setups the WAVE seems to provide the best overall response for me.

james

[terrycym]

Oh sorry - just listening to all the different versions in my setups the WAVE seems to provide the best overall response for me.

james

I agree and with FLAC, the less compression you use, the better it sounds and zero FLAC compression is as good as WAV

[gjorgji]

Hi James, did you try using uncompressed FLAC?

Also, not sure what current and future BDP owner are using for handling there library? Foobar, Jriver, MediaMonkey ? iTunes is not my cup of tee.

[James Tanner]

Hi James, did you try using uncompressed FLAC?

Also, not sure what current and future BDP owner are using for handling there library? Foobar, Jriver, MediaMonkey ? iTunes is not my cup of tee.

I have not - what converter program allows for uncompressed Flac - I have MMonkey and JRiver

james

[Alpha10]

I have not - what converter program allows for uncompressed Flac - I have MMonkey and JRiver

james

DbPoweramp does, and sounds best to me.

Cheers

[gjorgji]

DbPoweramp does, and sounds best to me.

Cheers

That is correct .. from there web site:

FLAC encoder wording changed, also includes a FLAC Uncompressed encoding option (which stores audio uncompressed, for those who want WAVE PCM but with better ID Tagging).

[gjorgji]

I have not - what converter program allows for uncompressed Flac - I have MMonkey and JRiver

james

I've missed this thread:

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=103168.0

[Marius]

HI James,

On the Mac both XLD and MAX support uncompressed FLAC encoding. They're getting better with each update, especially in finding correct Album Art, and convenience.

Cheers,
Marius

I have not - what converter program allows for uncompressed Flac - I have MMonkey and JRiver

james