Re: Music file formats with Sonos

["Tony" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the replies

I've found myself in a bit of a quandry(sp?) as i ripped an album in m4a
(itunes) and flac (eac) to compare both to the mp3 version

Both are noticably better than the mp3 BUT the m4a seemed better than the
flac. The m4a was more bright and had better speration in that i didn't
notice a quite duet of the main vocals in the flac only in the m4a. Once i
realised it was there i could here it in the flac but flac still seemed
slightly duller

I don't think this should be since they are both lossless. And as the m4a
is a short rip and flac a long rip (used secure mode) I'd of thought they
should both be the same or the flac better (though the disc was in 100% new
condition). Then again perhaps the m4a isn't a good a rip but just sounds
better to my ears

Really confused now!

Thanks
Tony

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Neil Ball" <neilball@...> wrote:
>
> And the easiest way to determine if it is worthwhile (to you) by
ripping a
> couple of albums to flac and then compare both versions via Sonos. If
you
> hear benefits from flac then you can re-rip knowing there is an
improvement.
> Note that you will need to ensure the albums are ripped with different
> names/tags or in different shares and re-index to choose one or the
other as
> Sonos does not normally show all versions of the same album if they
are
> present in different formats and you cannot easily determine which it
has
> used.
>
>
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Kim Wall
> Sent: 18 October 2009 14:07
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Music file formats with Sonos
>
>
>
>
>
> On 18/10/09 09:53, Tony wrote:
> > But am wondering if I should re-rip my CD's to flac (though this
will
> > mean keeping 2 music libraries as my ipod and iphone can't play
flac
> > as far as i know, but space isn't a problem)
>
> My take on this is "Rip to flac and rip once". If you need
some other
> format for a portable device or whatever, converting from flac is less
> hassle than digging the original CDs out. No need to rip them again.
>
> Kim.
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