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In Reply to: It's Over posted by ZooDog on April 18, 2007 at 13:07:46:
Doesn't this guy know that you can rip your music as a WAV file (or use a lossless format like Apple Lossless or FLAC) to your iPod? Why do so many people think "MP3" and "compression" when they think of iPods or other portable digital audio players? You don't have to do it this way...
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Is FLAC really lossless? I understand the technical aspect of it, but I have compared the FLAC files to WAV files using my portable player, Cowon iAudio X5. The player is supposed to be one of the best portable players available today. I use an X5 to Headroom Airhead via a lineout cable to a pair of Etymotics ER4S headphones. The FLAC files have no bass and sound really bright comparing to .WAV files.I've removed all FLAC files from my player and replaced them with the original .WAV files.
Hi FrankC,Yes, FLAC is totally lossless. It could be the way in which your Cowon decodes them that is causing what you are hearing... I'm not sure. On my iModded iPod (using Rockbox firmware), the FLAC files sound identical to the WAV files.
Best regards,
Your Cowon is mangling the decoding of the FLAC. FLACs played back on my Rio Karma (the King of the portable music players!) sound identical to the original WAVs.
Thanks for the info. I will check with the user forum to see if others have the same experience.
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