Timothy Stockman;273900 Wrote: > I had one thought regarding a VERY audible difference which might be > occurring. If you used iTunes to rip a CD to ALAC and EAC to rip it to > FLAC, AND if that CD happened to have pre-emphasis (which is fairly > rare)... I believe iTunes automatically applies de-emphasis EQ whereas > EAC/FLAC does not. However, the non-de-emphasized FLAC version would > likely sound very bright, not "dark", compared to the de-emphasized > ALAC version. For discs with emphasis, I use EAC to rip to WAV, use > the FFT filter in Cool Edit to apply the de-emphasis curve, then encode > to FLAC. The most recent disc I remember doing this way was Dan > Fogelberg's "Captured Angel", which was also mastered at very low > level, espcially after the high-cut of the de-emphasis curve, so I > boosted the overall level almost 10 dB in addition to the de-emphasis > high-cut.
What? Could someone please explain all of the above in layman's terms. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43910 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
