Didn't mean to take an unfair shot about the hearing, but it happens. Especially the high frequencies. There are lots of easy tests out there to see where your hearing drops off. If you still have all your aural acuity, more power to you. I'm a few years younger than you, and know that I've lost a lot of the high end. At least I still don't need specs.
Re AIFF and FLAC, you're right that iTunes won't encode FLAC, but there are plenty of software packages that will, including freeware, shareware, and commercial products. Which ripper you use depends on your computer's OS -- there are a lot of packages for Windows and Linux that do FLAC, but only a couple for MacOS. Some are better rippers than iTunes because they support secure ripping via AccurateRip, which helps ensure you don't get errors in the rip. The compression in FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) -- and Apple Lossless, for that matter -- is just that: lossless. So it sounds just the same as an uncompressed lossless format such as AIFF and WAV. You didn't mention iTunes in your earlier posts. Any particular reason why you need iTunes compatibility? Many of us who do (eg, for iPods) keep a lossless copy (most often FLAC) of our library for home use, and a lossy copy (often MP3) for use with portables. But one size does not fit all, so you'll certainly want to tailor your setup to your needs. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91196 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
