Yes they are, which is why I linked to them.Those are also from RBH, but I find them large and gaudy.
Yes they are, which is why I linked to them.Those are also from RBH, but I find them large and gaudy.
makeMKV wont extract MLP from DVD-A though will it? It will extract the DVD side though. But Perfectlife may not need MLP decode.If you have makemkv , you don't need DVD-Audio Extractor. You can simply copy the disc with makemkv & use Foobar to extract the 2 & multichannel tracks.
I keep all my surround audio encoded as WAV, although that's just personal preference and really no different than FLAC (takes a little more space obviously).
Why re-rip them? Just convert them from FLAC to WAV.I had ripped all of DVD-A's to FLAC this past Winter, but now I am re-ripping all stereo and multichannel tracks to .wav instead for back up and playback. Hard drives are now huge and relatively cheap.
Why re-rip them? Just convert them from FLAC to WAV.
To be honest, I don't see any upside to the WAV format as opposed to FLAC. They are both PCM, one losslessly compressed and the other not.
I had ripped all of DVD-A's to FLAC this past Winter, but now I am re-ripping all stereo and multichannel tracks to .wav instead for back up and playback. Hard drives are now huge and relatively cheap.
When I play my wav and dsf files on the Oppo 205 off a USB drive; as long as I name the album art “folder.jpg” it shows up. I’m pretty sure it downloads photos for CD wav files, but only certain albums. The ripped dsf from SACD never get downloaded images.I know that the Oppo 205 doesn't recognize any photos uploaded to wav, dsf, and aiff files. Also, you must be sure that the machine will allow gapless playback with certain files. For example, it is a problem with dsf (DSD SACD) files...you have to make a cue file to play the album without gaps. Certain albums, such as the Moody Blues classic seven, were recorded without gaps. I do know that the Oppo will play FLAC without gaps and also shows the photo.
(All of the above might be a good reason to go with a music server computer program.)
I believe it does extract the AUDIO_TS directory, which contains the MLP tracks. I was using DVDFab before and I remember that one doing the AUDIO_TS directory. I will check on this again. I don't have DVD-A's to rip much at all, though I have one that needs ripping so I will try it again.makeMKV wont extract MLP from DVD-A though will it? It will extract the DVD side though. But Perfectlife may not need MLP decode.
Hi!Thank you for a good example I can learn from.
I didn't think of going into using AirPlay, probably I don't have Mac nor ipad.
May I ask questions? Why would you like to go active speakers?
To be honest, I don't see any upside to the WAV format as opposed to FLAC.
Hi!
I went active because of the positive benefits over a passive loudspeaker. Actually, active speakers are different than powered speakers in which the drivers have a separate power supply and an active crossover before amplification, as opposed to the crossover after amplification in a passive design. You will gain more more control over the drivers and get better efficiency.
Here is information on passive vs active loudspeakers: Active Speakers vs Passive Speakers
Why? If you find the right cable, it should be no different than running speaker cable.The advantages of good active speakers are hard to argue with. My problem with going with active monitors would be getting signal to them, especially the rears. Wireless just dosen't offer the sound quality...yet... I wouldn't want to run 50 foot RCA style interconnects. I'd need to go to balanced outputs. What do you folks that have a fully active system do?
Are you suggesting that a long run of unbalanced line level is no different than a long run of speaker cable? That isn't even close to accurate. That's why balanced cables were invented, due to signal loss and noise of long runs.Why? If you find the right cable, it should be no different than running speaker cable.
Didn’t think of signal loss. Though, in the past, I’ve run 50 foot unbalanced cables with no issues. Anyway, none that I could hear. So, it must of been a decent cable but I cannot remember cause it was so long ago.Are you suggesting that a long run of unbalanced line level is no different than a long run of speaker cable? That isn't even close to accurate. That's why balanced cables were invented, due to signal loss and noise of long runs.
I assume you must be talking about something other than Bluetooth, yes?But wireless is a lot better now than it used to be.
Yes. Bluetooth is mediocre in it's best implementation. I'm talking J10 band UHF and similar.I assume you must be talking about something other than Bluetooth, yes?
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