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Post by Porscheguy on Mar 14, 2015 18:23:12 GMT -5
Sad....  |
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Post by deltadube on Mar 14, 2015 20:58:17 GMT -5
thanks never knew..
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Post by nicholas322 on Mar 15, 2015 2:07:01 GMT -5
I am buying 10 CD's a month now. more than ever!
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Post by teaman on Mar 15, 2015 4:21:33 GMT -5
I still reach for CD's as my go to source of music. In the car or at home.
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Post by pallpoul on Mar 15, 2015 4:36:20 GMT -5
what's the best format to rip cd's into, to get the best sound guys?.
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Post by Porscheguy on Mar 15, 2015 6:29:51 GMT -5
what's the best format to rip cd's into, to get the best sound guys?. Depends what catalog software your using. If it's iTunes then ALAC (Apple Lossless). If it's something like JRiver than FLAC (free lossless audio codec) both record music without compression and are the same not matter what people say. iTunes is a no brainer for most as evidenced by the 800 million people that use it. |
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Post by Jim on Mar 15, 2015 9:10:08 GMT -5
what's the best format to rip cd's into, to get the best sound guys?. Depends what catalog software your using. If it's iTunes then ALAC (Apple Lossless). If it's something like JRiver than FLAC (free lossless audio codec) both record music without compression and are the same not matter what people say. iTunes is a no brainer for most as evidenced by the 800 million people that use it. iTunes? No brainer? It's ridiculous that Apple refuses to support FLAC. So you have to convert one of the most common formats in the world to a proprietary format? That makes sense. At least it supports MP3. |
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Post by rob80b on Mar 15, 2015 9:44:56 GMT -5
 But then in perspective from 1973  |
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Post by rob80b on Mar 15, 2015 9:53:26 GMT -5
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Post by Jim on Mar 15, 2015 11:23:22 GMT -5
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Post by vcautokid on Mar 15, 2015 12:01:04 GMT -5
Not really surprising as the devide for convenience, and analog have really grown. Streaming is so easy. I was doing that this morning. No CD 's and so on. Vinyl never really went away, just not as much talk from folks on your day to day. But it has always been around.
With Tidal, HD tracks, and more, it is no wonder CD 's are about gone from the planet. Interesting what will be in 5 years.
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Post by rob80b on Mar 15, 2015 12:44:24 GMT -5
Like photo albums… a physical music library is becoming rarer and rarer with each new generation where most music is listened from a portable device (actually started with the walkman) and shared as such. For some of us older farts like myself and newer budding audiophiles …. with a full-blown “stereo” system… CDs and LPs are an accepted part of the whole décor.  But a portable or computer based desktop music system makes a physical library psychologically disproportionate in size to streaming and downloading. Bottom line is though is that technology changes, our appreciation for music may have not …but our means of storing, sharing and access has and ….convenience plays a major role…much of which is what attracted everyone to CDs originally.  |
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Post by Priapulus on Mar 15, 2015 13:40:25 GMT -5
Depends what catalog software your using. If it's iTunes then ALAC (Apple Lossless). If it's something like JRiver than FLAC (free lossless audio codec) both record music without compression and are the same not matter what people say. iTunes is a no brainer for most as evidenced by the 800 million people that use it. iTunes? No brainer? It's ridiculous that Apple refuses to support FLAC. So you have to convert one of the most common formats in the world to a proprietary format? That makes sense. At least it supports MP3.
It makes sense that the world's biggest vendor of music (Apple) doesn't support the format preferred by pirates... It makes sense to use ALAC (Apple Lossless) if you devices are iPhone, iPAd, iTunes, etc Especially when ALAC is supported by JRiver.
Sincerely /b,
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Post by rob80b on Mar 15, 2015 14:08:05 GMT -5
The big picture reality with regards to digital and the decline of CDs is that copyright and storing music was not even part of the equation with the advent of the “CD” in 1982 ....as a gig of hard drive space was in the neighbor hood of....... 2-3 "hundred thousand" dollars.   |
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Post by garbulky on Mar 15, 2015 14:39:41 GMT -5
I remember looking at a mainframe advertised back in I think the late eighties. It had a 450 mhz processor and maybe 2 gigs of hard drive space. It was more advanced than any kind of regular PC of its time. When I first heard real non midi audio being played on a PC....it was the game doom. I was floored at the quality. |
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Post by Jim on Mar 15, 2015 15:13:19 GMT -5
iTunes? No brainer? It's ridiculous that Apple refuses to support FLAC. So you have to convert one of the most common formats in the world to a proprietary format? That makes sense. At least it supports MP3.
It makes sense that the world's biggest vendor of music (Apple) doesn't support the format preferred by pirates... It makes sense to use ALAC (Apple Lossless) if you devices are iPhone, iPAd, iTunes, etc Especially when ALAC is supported by JRiver.
Sincerely /b,
Wow. Pirates? Spoken like a real Apple user. What are MP3s then? |
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Post by Porscheguy on Mar 15, 2015 15:24:10 GMT -5
Depends what catalog software your using. If it's iTunes then ALAC (Apple Lossless). If it's something like JRiver than FLAC (free lossless audio codec) both record music without compression and are the same not matter what people say. iTunes is a no brainer for most as evidenced by the 800 million people that use it. iTunes? No brainer? It's ridiculous that Apple refuses to support FLAC. So you have to convert one of the most common formats in the world to a proprietary format? That makes sense. At least it supports MP3. You need to read my post Jim. iTunes is the most popular musical catalog software in the world. I don'r care about FLAC because it is identical to ALAC. Either one is equal to the other.. |
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Post by Jim on Mar 15, 2015 15:34:26 GMT -5
iTunes? No brainer? It's ridiculous that Apple refuses to support FLAC. So you have to convert one of the most common formats in the world to a proprietary format? That makes sense. At least it supports MP3. You need to read my post Jim. iTunes is the most popular musical catalog software in the world. I don'r care about FLAC because it is identical to ALAC. Either one is equal to the other.. I don't need to reread your post. You've clearly missed my point. So if you have lots of FLAC ( you know - the non proprietary format that "pirates love") - and want to use iTunes - you need to convert all of it. Only for iTunes use. I just don't see iTunes as the ultimate solution. It has a horribly awkward interface and lacks flexibility. If it suits you - great. |
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Post by Porscheguy on Mar 15, 2015 15:44:13 GMT -5
You need to read my post Jim. iTunes is the most popular musical catalog software in the world. I don'r care about FLAC because it is identical to ALAC. Either one is equal to the other.. I don't need to reread your post. You've clearly missed my point. I don't care ( neither do 800 million other people) that that Apple doesn't support FLAC (because it is no better than ALAC). People using ALAC outnumber FLAC users 300-1. If FLAC was better I'd use it but it isn't so i don't. Did you get an OptiGrill yet? |
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Post by Jim on Mar 15, 2015 15:55:02 GMT -5
I don't need to reread your post. You've clearly missed my point. I don't care ( neither do 800 million other people) that that Apple doesn't support FLAC (because it is no better than ALAC). People using ALAC outnumber FLAC users 300-1. If FLAC was better I'd use it but it isn't so i don't. Alrighty then. I'd buy the grill - but does it support non OptiGrill steak??? |
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