Re: VBR Versus CBR

2014-07-06 Thread Andrea Sherry
I'm also a Winamp user and I'm sticking to it. Thanks Andrea On 6/07/2014 12:58 PM, Gary Petraccaro wrote: One consideration, at least in Winamp, is that if you want to go 45 minutes into a variable bit file, the time accuracy can't be trusted. I'm not sure how much of an audible difference

Re: Is Integrated Sound Adequate?

2014-07-06 Thread Brian Olesen
Hi, wow Really great story! Thanks. The fourth generation I7 CPUs mostly focus on the graphics part and in other terms only gains 7 % more performance over the third generation. So it doesn't really matter weather you have a 3. generation chip or not especially if you're using a deticated

Re: VBR Versus CBR

2014-07-06 Thread JM Casey
From what I understand, VBR (variable bitrate) uses some kind of algorithm to adjust the bitrate according to what is going on in the file..IE, near silence will require less than would would be used at a constant bitrate. However, I have spoken to a few people I would consider a bit more

RE: CDEX Version 1.70 is Now Available

2014-07-06 Thread Alexandra GrĂ¼nauer
Just tried downloading it and it said Page not found. Anybody that has had more luck? Thanks, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 9:16 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: CDEX

RE: CDEX Version 1.70 is Now Available

2014-07-06 Thread Larry Higgins
Alexandra, You might want to check and see that the line given for the URL wasn't cut off or split within the message. That can be a problem when placing such addresses within email messages. I had no problem getting to the specified page, and from there searching for the appropriate link.

RE: CDEX Version 1.70 is Now Available

2014-07-06 Thread Alexandra GrĂ¼nauer
Thanks, but I had no problem getting to the page, only when I clicked download it said that the page could not be found. Could you or someone else, please put it in DropBox? Thanks in advance Alex -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of

Re: Is Integrated Sound Adequate?

2014-07-06 Thread Brent Harding
I thought I heard awhile now that they hit a plateau where they can't get higher ghz ratings without significantly more heat being generated. I wonder if they will go to something like quad, 6, and 8 core ones, which probably means you can do more things at a time without it seeming to slow

question about a laptop's audio.

2014-07-06 Thread Dave McElroy
Does anybody have the Dell Latitude E6220-2.5? i'm wondering about its audio? i am buying a referb fron Newegg thinking it will be adequate for travel purposes. Thanks.

Re: VBR Versus CBR

2014-07-06 Thread Gary Petraccaro
In my XP system, no matter how I set Nero, I get VBR. I'm hoping for better from Win 7 64-bit. - Original Message - From: JM Casey crystallo...@ca.inter.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 11:59 AM Subject: Re: VBR Versus CBR From what I