crooner;189160 Wrote: > Nice review but I can't help but wonder why he prefers Apple Lossless > and iTunes to manage his music. FLAC is a much better format and iTunes > simply sucks IMHO. > It's so bad I prefer Rockbox to run my iPod. Full FLAC support as well!
I agree with him to be honest. I use iTunes because it is so much easier to manage a library and create playlists than SlimServer, plus ripping is a breeze and to my ears accurate. It is simply far more consumer-friendly, my kids use it all the time and shy away from the Squeezebox. As for Apple Lossless, since both it and FLAC are lossless, there should be no audible difference, so it's down to open source vs proprietary and again ease of use. FLAC is not technically better than Apple Lossless, but if your qualifier is whether it is open source or not, then that's your choice. Most people in this world want slick, easy to use software. Firing up EAC every time you want to rip, combined with the non-obvious set-up is too much fuss for most audio lovers, me included. I do't have any deep-seated requirements that my audio be open source, just good. And look at how reviewers continually misunderstand digital audio - is it any wonder they gravitate towards the easy solutions? -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33777 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
