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RE: Using SRC @ 145db SNR

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In Reply to: RE: Using SRC @ 145db SNR posted by gagnem66 on June 23, 2008 at 10:23:42

I'm about to build a system, and getting a bit confused on which mobo to use.

Use the Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L as suggested. I now have 60+ hours on this setup and its amazing.

Since my FLAC files don't all have a .cue file (and I have lots of them) I'll still have to use Foobar for a while.

You can play flac or wav files directly in cPlay without a cue file. Either right-click file and select Open with... or from cPlay, set the file browser to flac or wav (it defaults to cue).

Is the Gigabyte board a good choice for me even if it lacks RAID ? or should I stick with a P4M900 / E1200? In short, is a Sata drive on the standard IDE that bad for audio ?

Gigabyte/E7200 is better. RAID has no sound quality benefit since cMP (and cPlay improves this). Both cMP and cPlay avoid disk traffic during playback hence no IDE interference.

Is it okay to use CMP/Cplay with CDs ripped to multiple FLACs and cue sheet ? That way I won't have to rip again, only create .cue files.

Yes. This would be using the multi-file cue standard, i.e. a single cue sheet which contains many FILE directives (typically one per TRACK).

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