Re: OT That 'sizzle sound' of Mp3s+ hifi tips

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

for completeness, I should mention that the
most popular lossless compression system on windows seems
to be FLAC,
and that another possibility is "Shorten"
Those have their own free downloadable software 
for file conversion. (google 'em)

For high quality listening on a (relative) budget,
I'd suggest a pair of Genelec powered monitors.
Not cheap as such,  but cheap considering their performance.
I reckon they'd fairly cheerfully out shine an amp and
speakers of comparable price from the "hi-fi" stores.
(but *don't* just take my word for that) 

...and for those of us who still spin cds, my
latest discovery is to use a Philips DVP3005 
DVD player just for it's audio.
Dirt cheap on Ebay, (like £20), but I honestly
couldn't hear a difference between that and a v.good £200 
cd player ( and hardly any difference to a £500 Teac player)
(don't risk similar models tho', very disappointing).

andy butler

Per Boysen wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Paul Richards
> <paulrichard_rocks@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> So, what software do folks use to rip CD's at the high kbps rate that 
>was
>> mentioned a few e-mails back?
>>
>> Paul
> 
> iTunes if I'm on Mac. SoundForge if I'm in Windows (or could be
> whatever application that uses the Lame compression algorithm). On Mac
> I rip to their lossless format for pleasure listening and to AAC if I
> just have to listen through something in order to getting to know it
> (before deleting the files). In Windows I rip to mp3.
> 
> Greetings from Sweden
> 
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se
> www.perboysen.com
> 
>