Not who you're asking, but I use X Lossless decoder for Mac
http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html and Exact Audio Copy for windows
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 2:38 AM, Claes <claal67@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 162 lines Can this also convert cd to flac?
> Can this also convert cd to flac?
>
> If not, can you recommend a program which does?
>
> 29 apr 2015 kl. 19:51 skrev Dimitrij <dekantierer@googlemail.com>:
>
> for mac I never found a better player than http://cogx.org/
> does not need any "library", just your music folder, light as hell, plays
> flac.... fuck I love it.
>
> I'm listening on Cabasse Moorea 420 + AMC Amplifier or Adam A7X / Babyface
> in the Studio.
>
> @Clint I got 3 original dynaco a25 woofers in fine condition, which I
> would sell.
> Just if you need them one day.
>
>
> 2015-04-29 19:40 GMT+02:00 Claes <claal67@gmail.com>:
>
>> Which player do you recommend for flacs on mac and pc respectively?
>>
>>
>> > 28 apr 2015 kl. 08:04 skrev Michael Bramwell <mbramwell@gmail.com>:
>> >
>> > In the lounge rooms its:
>> >
>> > 2 x Technics 1210 Mk 2
>> > Digital comes from a macbook pro via audio8 soundcard (flacs are
>> > preferred but mp3s are fine as well)
>> >
>> > The above go through an Xone:92 mixer and out to some Behringer Truth
>> > B2031A monitors, which unlike everything else behringer make are
>> > pretty nice, at least to my ears.
>> >
>> > On the bus to work its just some tunes via my droid and some
>> > Sennheiser CX 300-II Precision ear buds.
>> >
>> > My first choice is always vinyl, followed by flacs, cds never as they
>> > quickly get scratched beyond use in mine and my kids hands.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:51 AM, karl poechlauer
>> > <karljpoechlauer@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >> Technics 1210 Mk 2
>> >>
>> >> BEHRINGER MICROPHONO PP400 phono preamp
>> >>
>> >> Schiit Vali Tube Headphone Amp
>> >> Sennheiser HD 380 Pro headphones
>> >> or Klipsch G-17 Air Stereo speaker
>> >>
>> >> I put this together to be as compact as possible, I can hide the
>> preamp and
>> >> headphone amp underneath the turntable. And the Klipsch speaker sounds
>> great
>> >> for how small it is. But for vinyl I usually use the headphones.
>> >>
>> >> I also have an iPhone on which I listen to 320 mp3s on Nocs earbuds
>> that I
>> >> got from Bleep.com, while riding my bike or working.
>> >>
>> >> Quit CDs around 2005.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Apr 27, 2015, at 5:00 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> there is another lesson here which is always use really good locks to
>> lock
>> >> up your stored shit
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Clint Anderson
>> >> Systems Engineer
>> >>
>> >>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> i'll take your word for it, you have a good ear ;)
>> >>> i had two 1400s just for my own listening but they got ripped off
>> long ago
>> >>> so i replaced them with the lp60 which had good reviews for a sub-$300
>> >>> turntable
>> >>> audio technica also makes an lp120 which is a weird clone of the
>> sl1200,
>> >>> your guess as to what quality it is, it seems to cheap to be that
>> great but
>> >>> at the same time has solid reviews.
>> >>> i just listen to one record at a time now, but i wish i had things
>> like a
>> >>> replacable cartridge, or adjustable weight, pitch control
>> >>> at the time it didnt seem worth $100-150
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Clint Anderson
>> >>> Systems Engineer
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:51 PM, kent williams <
>> chaircrusher@gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> A 1210 has a fixed motor, which has 2 parts: A Brushless DC Stator is
>> >>>> fixed to the base (AKA the plinth) and the Rotor is actually
>> embedded in the
>> >>>> platter. It works (as all electric motors do) by electromagnets
>> >>>> repelling/attracting magnets to produce motion. There's some ripple
>> built
>> >>>> into the process because the electromagnets in the stator switch
>> magnetic
>> >>>> polaritys to push/pull the magnets in the rotor(platter). This can
>> be
>> >>>> damped by adding mass to the rotor, and the SL1200 does this, but the
>> >>>> platter is relatively light so it isn't perfect.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> All the complaints from audiophiles like this mention 'coloration of
>> >>>> treble' and collapse of their much-loved 'soundstage' -- a properly
>> >>>> maintained SL1200 has very little ripple or vibration that's
>> audible. In
>> >>>> other words, audiophiles complain about things they may actually
>> just be
>> >>>> imaginating to justify spending thousands on fancier turntable.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> As for the bearing -- which is in the center of the platter -- I've
>> never
>> >>>> heard of anyone replacing them. It is a part that audiophiles do
>> have fancy
>> >>>> replacements for, on the theory that if it has less frictional
>> resistance it
>> >>>> will sound better. Dunno about that either.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:34 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> that too
>> >>>>> motor wears the screw/screw wears the motor
>> >>>>> if kent says it hasnt made a difference in 20 years i guess ill
>> assume
>> >>>>> maybe it only applies to shitty non-technics direct drives :)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Clint Anderson
>> >>>>> Systems Engineer
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:24 PM, kawayama <kawayama@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I thought it was the vibrations from the motor, which could
>> conceivably
>> >>>>>> be heard through the pick-up, that was the problem with direct
>> drives?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> --
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> constant shallowness leads to evil.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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