EnochLight;335383 Wrote: > Wow - kudos to you for having the bravery to post in an [audiophile] > forum and admit that you ripped your collection in MP3 VBR! ;^P > > To improve sound quality, for one I'd throw out that lossy-MP3-ripped > collection and re-rip it in a lossless format (such as FLAC). Part of > your sound could stem from the fact that MP3 - no matter what bit rate > - tends to compress and "craptize" any audio! > > As to why your sound is distorted... I am assuming you are inputting > your sound via analog RCA cables? While that shouldn't have much to do > with it, make sure the RCA input on your 90's Sony system isn't PHONO, > as this could cause a bit of a problem. > > Also, when you ripped your CD's did you have some sort of amp-gain > setting on your files? Wait - scratch that - you said that if you turn > the volume down on the Receiver and use your Sony to turn it up, the > distortion stops? There is a setting on the Receiver that allows the > volume to be set at a locked level if you plan to use your amp (in this > case, your Sony) to control the volume. You might try changing it to > that setting too. > > I'm sure others will chime in here eventually. > > Cheers, > > EnochLight Wow, I can't believe you even said this. Throw out the mp3 and go to flac because his Sony shelf system isn't sounding good. Wow. I don't want to insult you as you have myself and others, but it is so obvious that the problem lies in his hookup or his system not in the encoding. I'm not insulting his system at all when I say that mp3's and flac will both sound equally good in the right level of encoding. It just needs to be set up right. Your comment just keeps the elitist crap going on. I'll apologize in advance as you just got me going on this one.
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