Ever since MP3s came out, I felt that one day there would be a use for it all, besides which I was sick of losing CDs, being unable to find same, or finding that the one CD that you really wanted to listen to was in the car, which would miraculously be elsewhere. Anyway, over the years, I kept ripping, pretty much following the falling cost of storage until a few years ago when I started down the FLAC route. I now have around two thirds of my stuff in lossless FLAC and a nice little unit to play it from. Many of those original CDs have been replaced and hopefully, several aged Rock and Jazz Musicians have had a little bit extra to put in their pension portfolios. This doesn't of course apply to the great majority of Classical composers, but hey - You can't please everyone.
Now, if you are still awake, I wonder what gems of advice you can offer. Lossless FLAC is pretty good, but obviously it sin't going to improve on the variable quality of the original CD and this is what gets me. I don't listen too much to internet radio, but their streams, even down to 96KB/S often sound so much better. There is a sparkling presence and clarity that seems pretty consistent across the board and to be blunt, a quality that seems to exceed so many CDs, of which some may have been mastered on a Friday afternoon, but not all, surely?
I rip with DBPoweramp, but have kept clear of any DSP and wouldn't quite know how best to apply it to best effect either. So, how do the Internet radio mob do it and could I improve my own FLACS, whilst I await the release of a 24 bit recording of the Birdie Song?
Cheers in advance!
PS I am getting monstered by the Spam filter on the forum at present and have been trying to report this since Saturday, so I might not get a chance to reply as soon as I might otherwise. Enjoy your Monday, folks!
Now, if you are still awake, I wonder what gems of advice you can offer. Lossless FLAC is pretty good, but obviously it sin't going to improve on the variable quality of the original CD and this is what gets me. I don't listen too much to internet radio, but their streams, even down to 96KB/S often sound so much better. There is a sparkling presence and clarity that seems pretty consistent across the board and to be blunt, a quality that seems to exceed so many CDs, of which some may have been mastered on a Friday afternoon, but not all, surely?
I rip with DBPoweramp, but have kept clear of any DSP and wouldn't quite know how best to apply it to best effect either. So, how do the Internet radio mob do it and could I improve my own FLACS, whilst I await the release of a 24 bit recording of the Birdie Song?
Cheers in advance!
PS I am getting monstered by the Spam filter on the forum at present and have been trying to report this since Saturday, so I might not get a chance to reply as soon as I might otherwise. Enjoy your Monday, folks!