opaqueice;342033 Wrote: > Before you rip those 1300 CDs to 48kHz, I'd pause to think a little. > When you do that you are permanently altering the data. You can never > convert those rips back to the original - you'd have to rerip. Now > it's possible you might never need or want to do that, in which case > fine. But it's also possible you might later decide you prefer 44.1, > or you might want to make some compressed lossy versions of the files > for an MP3 player (better done from the originals), or whatever. You > should also bear in mind that you're in a tiny minority (probably > consisting entirely of you) that prefers a 48kHz version to the > original 44.1. > > So why not have it both ways - rip everything losslessly to 44.1, and > then find a program that can transcode to 48kHz? That way you can keep > two copies of your CD library - a 44.1 as an archive, and a 48kHz > "processed" version. This requires hardly any more work than the > ripping, assuming you can find a program to do it (for most kinds of > transcoding or format conversion, you just point the program at the > right directory and let it work overnight). > > p.s. - two questions: > > 1) have you done a blind test on your preference for 48? Before making > a decision that might take such a large amount of time to undo, it might > be worth spending 20 minutes making sure you really prefer it when you > don't know which you're listening to, and > > NOT blind but using several music selections > > 2) what is a 10T? Aerial Acoustics?
Aerial Acoustics 10T speakers see http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/466/ -- SiCHIPS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SiCHIPS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20014 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52812 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
