Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 14:50:16 CST 2013
Hi Peter, I found this when searching the Yamaha Website for FLAC and so it would appear that it supports that format This was under the heading "High-resolution Music Enhancer Further Heightens Musicality From the Original Content" "Hi-bit high-sampling extension up to 96 kHz / 24-bit can be applied to lossless 44.1/48 kHz content such as from a CD (2-channel PCM) or a FLAC file for further heightening of the musicality in the original content." GK On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi Gary, > > A receiver that incorporates network & settop box logic is terrific. > Firmware that doesn't support FLACs, not so much :-) . > > PB > > ----- > > > On 2013-02-20 1:30 PM, Gary Kjos wrote: >> >> Hi Peter, >> >> Thanks for the input. The receiver - a Yamaha Aventege RX-A2020 - has >> built in networking and built in Airplay - so I'm using those >> capabilities with no added hardware excepting the PC acting as a >> server. I probably didn't choose the right format when i ripped all >> the CD's to WAV using Windows Media Player. While Media Player does go >> and get album art and store it along with the music tracks, not >> everything will take advantage of the separate file with the art in it >> or use the naming convention used for the individual tracks. My >> receiver uses the track names fine though and displays the track being >> played on it's front panel or on the TV connected to it if I'm not >> watching another video source. In "play from network server" mode it >> won't play random tracks from the entire library though - or at least >> I haven't figured out how to make it do that. So that was why I went >> back to iTUNES which does a fine job of selecting random tracks as I >> want it to. I'm not really feeling caged in by Apple, I have used >> iTunes and continue to as a iPOD user although I sync my IPOD's to >> libraries on different systems than I'm using for this. The space >> isn't currently a problem for me but I suppose over time that could >> change. >> >> My neighbor is a musician, has a recording studio in his home and a >> lot of high end gear and he also has recommended the FLAC format. When >> I go to my next ripping exercise I will have to consider that as a >> better choice than what I've been messing around with I suppose. >> >> >> GK >> >> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Peter Brawley >> <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> If you can free yourself from Apple's control, FOSS software (like >>> mediaMonkey and maqny others) losslessly compress CDs to FLAC files, >>> approx >>> 50% of CD filesize; then a small settop box like the Kdlinks HD700 will >>> stream them all from your server to your receiver or preamp, with no >>> corporate predator restraining your choices. >>> >>> PB >>> >>> ------ >>> >>> >>> On 2013-02-20 8:46 AM, Gary Kjos wrote: >>>> >>>> Congratulations! I'm jealous. So nice to have a system that you can >>>> play at any volume level and not need to wonder about distortion or >>>> what is being left out due to sampling constraints etc. I recently >>>> bought a new receiver which has networking built in and so could >>>> listen to the music on my PC's. I hadn't bought in to the MP3s are >>>> noticeably degraded idea and so thought all would be well and good as >>>> I had enjoyed these same tunes via my iPOD and from memory stick in my >>>> vehicle without noticing significant loss of quality. When I listened >>>> to them on the Big System though I certainly noticed! So I've since >>>> reconverted all my CD's to WAV and am in the process of doing them >>>> again another time using iTUNES Lossless format for playing via iTUNES >>>> Airplay which I like for it's random play capability and have been >>>> enjoying the music as it was intended to be heard again. >>>> >>>> Enjoy your new speakers! >>>> >>>> GK >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all >>>>> >>>>> More than 30 years ago when in the audio business, two of our clients - >>>>> audio-visual producers - asked for new top-notch monitor speakers for >>>>> their >>>>> studios. We toured several suppliers listening to the well-known >>>>> brands, >>>>> quite expensive, and then we stopped by at Technics as they had gained >>>>> much >>>>> attention due to a major lift in quality. >>>>> That settled it. I still recall how we listened carefully to our >>>>> selection >>>>> of "difficult" music but our real test was the reproduction of >>>>> high-quality >>>>> recorded human voice which is far more difficult to reproduce than most >>>>> are >>>>> aware of. There was no doubt - the SB-7000 speakers with the >>>>> phase-correcting speaker alignment were convincing and the price >>>>> couldn't >>>>> be >>>>> matched: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.thevintageknob.org/technics-SB-7000.html >>>>> >>>>> At that time I neither had the money nor the space for such speakers >>>>> but >>>>> ever since I've dreamed of obtaining a set of these. By pure accident, >>>>> Saturday I browsed a local second-hand site, and there they were, right >>>>> in >>>>> front of me on the screen, at a bargain price - and I have the room. >>>>> Through >>>>> the years I have struggled with some compact wife-friendly speakers - >>>>> very >>>>> good of course, but still - nothing beats a 15" high-quality speaker >>>>> (except >>>>> an 18" but they are so rare). >>>>> >>>>> Now, this set could really be anything - burned out units or misbehaved >>>>> in >>>>> many ways. So I had to go and listen: I brought some music that can >>>>> bring >>>>> down most systems and reveal any sort of misbehaviour: Chick Corea, My >>>>> Spanish Heart, and Miles Davis, Tutu, on CD: >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Spanish_Heart >>>>> >>>>> It was like coming home! They reproduced perfectly and exactly like I >>>>> had >>>>> imagined with the transparent and completely neutral sound I >>>>> remembered. >>>>> They've two owners only, and no disco youngster had succeeded >>>>> destroying >>>>> them. >>>>> So, today I picked them up and can hardly wait to get home and power >>>>> them >>>>> up. Should this day come? From time to time I thought No and resigned >>>>> ... >>>>> but today: Yes. >>>>> >>>>> Through the years I've kept (some sort of intuition or instinct?) this >>>>> bright Sony amplifier to power them: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TA-N86B.html >>>>> >>>>> Though I have quite decent equipment to feed this, I might be looking >>>>> for >>>>> the matching preamp: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TA-E88B.html >>>>> >>>>> But that's another story. >>>>> >>>>> /gustav >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dba-Tech mailing list >>>>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>>>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>>>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com