Does the AE stream music from iTunes at ALAC sample rate or does in down sample it when using the optical out? I'm sure i read somewhere (could of been here) that it streams at WAV rates, is this true? If so which WAV rate, there are so many.
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AFAIK the AE is limited to cd quality sample rates i.e. 44.1Khz/16bit so if your ALAC files are cd rips it should be ok.If you want to stream high res music then another solution is required.In fact I posted asking about this a while ago and the answer would seem to be that a streamer capable of handling 24 bit files is needed such as the Squeezebox.
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Hi basshound or anyone else who cares to answer,
Interesting post as I am too a new A A Express owner and trying to get the best out of it too.
On this basis, including the fact that I am up to now an old school cd owning rip to iTunes guy ( in other words I dont download from iTunes ). What is the best ripping format straight from cd to set up my preferences to ???
Lossless ? etc ... etc .... Please spell it out to me as confused ?
Interesting post as I am too a new A A Express owner and trying to get the best out of it too.
On this basis, including the fact that I am up to now an old school cd owning rip to iTunes guy ( in other words I dont download from iTunes ). What is the best ripping format straight from cd to set up my preferences to ???
Lossless ? etc ... etc .... Please spell it out to me as confused ?
psurquhart:
Hi basshound or anyone else who cares to answer,
Interesting post as I am too a new A A Express owner and trying to get the best out of it too.
On this basis, including the fact that I am up to now an old school cd owning rip to iTunes guy ( in other words I dont download from iTunes ). What is the best ripping format straight from cd to set up my preferences to ???
Lossless ? etc ... etc .... Please spell it out to me as confused ?
ALAC.
Hi basshound or anyone else who cares to answer,
Interesting post as I am too a new A A Express owner and trying to get the best out of it too.
On this basis, including the fact that I am up to now an old school cd owning rip to iTunes guy ( in other words I dont download from iTunes ). What is the best ripping format straight from cd to set up my preferences to ???
Lossless ? etc ... etc .... Please spell it out to me as confused ?
ALAC.
psurquhart:
Hi basshound or anyone else who cares to answer,
Interesting post as I am too a new A A Express owner and trying to get the best out of it too.
On this basis, including the fact that I am up to now an old school cd owning rip to iTunes guy ( in other words I dont download from iTunes ). What is the best ripping format straight from cd to set up my preferences to ???
Lossless ? etc ... etc .... Please spell it out to me as confused ?
Yes,definately would go for lossless and as you`re using iTunes ALAC is the obvious choice,would also agree about turning error correction on,does take longer but is worth it.Once you have your cd`s in lossless you can always make a lossy version for putting onto iPod etc. but can`t do it the other way round. Would also recommend making a back up of (at least) the iTunes music folder in case of HD failure.
Hi basshound or anyone else who cares to answer,
Interesting post as I am too a new A A Express owner and trying to get the best out of it too.
On this basis, including the fact that I am up to now an old school cd owning rip to iTunes guy ( in other words I dont download from iTunes ). What is the best ripping format straight from cd to set up my preferences to ???
Lossless ? etc ... etc .... Please spell it out to me as confused ?
Yes,definately would go for lossless and as you`re using iTunes ALAC is the obvious choice,would also agree about turning error correction on,does take longer but is worth it.Once you have your cd`s in lossless you can always make a lossy version for putting onto iPod etc. but can`t do it the other way round. Would also recommend making a back up of (at least) the iTunes music folder in case of HD failure.
basshound:psurquhart:
Hi basshound or anyone else who cares to answer,
Interesting post as I am too a new A A Express owner and trying to get the best out of it too.
On this basis, including the fact that I am up to now an old school cd owning rip to iTunes guy ( in other words I dont download from iTunes ). What is the best ripping format straight from cd to set up my preferences to ???
Lossless ? etc ... etc .... Please spell it out to me as confused ?
Yes,definately would go for lossless and as you`re using iTunes ALAC is the obvious choice,would also agree about turning error correction on,does take longer but is worth it.Once you have your cd`s in lossless you can always make a lossy version for putting onto iPod etc. but can`t do it the other way round. Would also recommend making a back up of (at least) the iTunes music folder in case of HD failure.
Hi basshound or anyone else who cares to answer,
Interesting post as I am too a new A A Express owner and trying to get the best out of it too.
On this basis, including the fact that I am up to now an old school cd owning rip to iTunes guy ( in other words I dont download from iTunes ). What is the best ripping format straight from cd to set up my preferences to ???
Lossless ? etc ... etc .... Please spell it out to me as confused ?
Yes,definately would go for lossless and as you`re using iTunes ALAC is the obvious choice,would also agree about turning error correction on,does take longer but is worth it.Once you have your cd`s in lossless you can always make a lossy version for putting onto iPod etc. but can`t do it the other way round. Would also recommend making a back up of (at least) the iTunes music folder in case of HD failure.
basshound:AFAIK the AE is limited to cd quality sample rates i.e. 44.1Khz/16bit so if your ALAC files are cd rips it should be ok.If you want to stream high res music then another solution is required.In fact I posted asking about this a while ago and the answer would seem to be that a streamer capable of handling 24 bit files is needed such as the Squeezebox.
Excellent, CD quality is good enough.
Excellent, CD quality is good enough.
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