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I have some duplicates in my digital audio library. I need to compare and contrast the quality of each seeming (on the surface) identical file(s). My goal is to delete the album which has the less desirable quantitative characteristics. Some of these duplicates may be from the same master...

Hi everyone, I'm starting a new fitness routine for health reasons, and I'm looking for a specific kind of gear that seems a bit niche—so I figured this is the place to ask. I’m in search of closed-back headphones (not earbuds, bone conduction, or open-back) that have an onboard music player...

More and more devices (CD players) are appearing that can rip CDs autonomously onto a USB stick, e.g. Shanling CR60 and Fiio DM13. When ripping, folders are created with the WAV files. Of course, there is no tagging function, as it is completely autonomous. What is the easiest and most...

Dear ASR experts, In past weeks I've spent hours reading about DACs on this great forum. I'm getting overwhelmed by all options, so perhaps one of you can help me with a recommendation. I play my FLAC collection from a Pi4 with DAC2 HD, connected (1 ft) to my Quad 303 amp which connects (10...

hi somedays ago i was looking for audiophile albums , and in the list there is Lorde 's Melodrama i don't know if the list is related to cds or vinyls (just because in vinyls I guess they could not make play too loud ) well since I own Lorde 's Melodrama cd , I have ripped in flac with...

Hi folks! I’m putting together a little 5.1 system in our bedroom, and would like to be able to play multichannel FLAC files on a hard drive through my Denon s760h AVR. I do this easily in my main system with an Oppo BluRay player, using usb from the drive to the Oppo and HDMI out to the AVR...

Got the Scarlett 3rd Gen and mated with JBL 104 monitors, and I'm quite pleased with it the combination. Been playing music while editing content I produce, and I noticed there's random playback glitches. Not cracks, or pops, or birdies, but glitches in playback. Sources can be mp3 or FLAC, but...

EDIT: You don't need to reply and tell me you cannot "convert" and MP3 into FLAC and get back the lost audio. I am aware of that. I said "convert" when I should have said "replace". As in replace by downloading. So I have been building my MP3 library since I got my first PC in 1996. I started...

Are there any differences between the myriad of applications out there that convert from one format to another? Specifically I'm looking for an application to convert my FLAC collection to OGG, AAF, etc. so I can take them along on my SmartPhone (FlAC collection won't fit and phones with SDCard...

Is there any free way to download lossless music from the Apple Music? I have AM active subscription but I don't know how to download my desired songs in .ALAC from Apple music and keep it forever and listen to it when I don't have an Apple music active subscription..?

Hello everyone, First post here (please MODs move my thread elsewhere if chosen section not appropriate) So I'm trying to reorganise my hi-fi listening setup around the sources we most often use around the house. Like for many people, my old setup can play CDs and records but it's blind to the...

Hello everyone, Noob here. I would like to listen to good source material (high resolution FLACs, etc) on my AKG K612 Pro headphones. Music genre is wide range classical from rumbling low church organ to high pitch violin. It is important to me to get the sound as close as possible to master...

I’m looking for a music playing software solution that meets the following requirements: Works on Windows 10 Is free or very cheap (so I don’t feel committed and can easily switch to something else if I’m dissatisfied) Browses and plays various audio files (including flac, alac, aac, and mp3)...

Like the title says. Main advantages over FLAC: Able to store and losslessly compress DSD stereo & multichannel. Album can be 1 Single with built-in cuefile. Create lossy files with a correction file to reconstruct the whole file again. Can losslessly compress better

Is this a bi-perfect playback? FLAC file played by a Blu-ray player -> HDMI cable -> TV -> optical cable -> hi-fi stereo DAC

I'm not much of a PS4 user, as I use my brothers. In recent years, I seen games bundled with digital soundtracks. I've done some research but not getting direct answers, people reply with its a zip file when you use a USB flash drive. I've heard its a zip with MP3, no other bitrate info and...

I listened to a bunch of music in mp3 and flac on akg-712 pro with fiio 5k and I hear no difference. Am I deaf or do I need something specific?

Hi, The poll aims to collect data on which file format and bitrate combination is preferred by most individuals (or sounds acoustically transparent to them when compared to lossless).

I wanted to know whether or not a blind test has been conducted to determine whether imperceptible differences observed in individual components become perceptible when added together. I have heard of this idea before (I think) and wanted to know of any study (amateur or professional) that took...

The reason for a 2.0 version of the free compare formats sampler: We have been made aware by the good folks here at Audio Science Review that our Test your DAC! Free Format Comparison sampler contained some strange artifacts. Founder/Admin Amirm has taken the trouble to analyze our free...