Evan and all, let me first start off by saying I agree that there should be no pauses in albums which are not meant to have pauses. However, the reason CD players don't pause, even the cheap ones, is because there is no encoding/decoding. Also, this is the way CD players just work. Just to prove my theory however, I purchased a cheap $20 CD player which also plays MP3 CDs. If I play Dark Side of the Moon as a regular CD, I get no pauses on this cheap player. However if I play a CDROM with the MP3s of the same, I do get the pauses. This is because the player is most likely taking some time to decode before it starts playing. One could argue that Winamp doesn't do this on the PC, but the PC has way more processing speed and muscle than the BookSense. So at least in this case, the CD player comparison to the BookSense can't apply.
Now I will go return the player. Many thanks. On 5/6/2010 4:08 PM, EVAN REESE wrote: > The pause between tracks may be fine for many albums, however there are > many others that are intended to be heard continuously, even though the > tracks may have separate titles. When I first mentioned this issue here, > Raul mentioned Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as a particular > example where the pause between tracks diminishes the listening > experience. I can think of many others, both in the classic rock genre > as well as in several subgenres of electronic music where the pause > between tracks negatively affects the listening experience. And, as I > said, many albums were not intended to be heard with pauses between > tracks; so the Book Sense should not be inserting one. Whether there is > a pause between tracks is something that should be left up to the > creators of the music. Any portable CD player can play a CD the way it > was intended to be heard, that is, without pauses between tracks if that > is the way its creator wanted it to be heard. The Book Sense should > function the same way for albums that were ripped from CD's. > > Evan > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Weyler" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] New Voices, Features, and then Some > > >> I like the pause between tracks although it has been awhile since I >> have played any music so I can't remember how long the pause is. I do >> like a pause between tracks. >> Rita >> >> -- >> Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit >> www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list andyour message is > related to GW Micro or the BookSense, then please consider sending your > message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > To manage your subscription to gw-booksense, visit: > > http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv -- Raul A. Gallegos GW Micro Technical Support And Product Specialist Voice 260-489-3671, Fax 260-489-2608 Web http://www.gwmicro.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
