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« on: October 22, 2007, 02:53:01 pm »

Well, why not. Actually I'm already having quite some fun with the preparation of this subject, learning where/what can make differences.

"The best sounding MP3 player" ... it actually makes me laugh. I hear a few contradictions ... yes On the other hand ...

I can tell you that there is at least one user amongst us who has as large harddisks as "we" have, but where we fill those with WAVs he has them filled with 320 kbs MP3s. A couple of thousand albums similar to mine, but accidentally ripped when the HDDs where too small to contain full WAVs.
So why would such a user not be allowed to have the best SQ of his library, consisting of MP3s ?

Let's see whether I can do it ...
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2007, 03:18:13 pm »



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« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2007, 04:09:31 am »
Nah, let i'm rip his CDs AGAIN...good for the soul...and ditch the MP3-variant...  Wink
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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2007, 04:11:07 am »
More seriously, seems that when new options is to be added, it's easy for some SQ to go missing...and that we DON'T want! Happy
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2007, 09:34:42 am »
As said in another post ... this is unintentional (hehe), but I just slowly learned *that* these kind of changes influence.
By now the pile of code has become too large to change for the better on a Friday night, but it will be done - and then in a fashion that those influences stay out.
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2007, 05:46:48 pm »
Many many thanks for the effort in getting MP3 supported Peter   thankyou

I've had an extensive listen this evening to a wide range of familiar tracks encoded at anywhere from CBR 320kbps all the way down to CBR & VBR 128kbps and I'm once again impressed with how you're processing this format !! Foobar is yet again a distant memory for me .. LOL

I tried some audiobooks which I have sampled at 64kbps and were unplayable, and it may well be the decoder you're using, but it's no big deal for those. I just mention it in case you haven't tried anything encoded at that lower bitrate.

Now for a couple of observations.

The function of moving from one track to the next is prone to a stumble now and then if using the transport buttons manually. It's almost as if the player forgets it has to start at the beginning of the next track requested and starts playing mid track close to the time it was at for the prior track. Hope that description makes sense.

The other noticeable difference playing the MP3's is that I needed to raise the Q1 level a couple of notches or increase the latency in the sound driver panel to prevent an occassional bout of stuttering/distortion. Not a major concern and may well be something you can address in the fine tuning of the internal decoding to WAV ( which is the way I presume you're handling things ).

All in all .... a jolly fine effort, and will save 100's of hours of needless re-ripping.

Cheers Happy

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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2007, 06:19:24 pm »
It's my pleasure Russ.  Happy

The Next/Prev buttons is a know phenomenon (which btw has been solved before but came back due to the specifics of this kind of control of the files).
It's not on the bug list though; I'll put it there now.

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A: W-Y-R-G, B: *W-G* USB 1m00 -> Phisolator 24/768 Phasure NOS1a/G3 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (16ms) -> B'ASS Current Amplifier -> Blaxius*^2.5* A:B-G, B:B-G Interlink -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. ET^2 Ethernet from Mach III to Music Server PC (RDC Control).
Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere (also from the PC).
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*XXHighEnd PC -> I7 3930k with Hyperthreading On (12 cores)* @~500MHz, 16GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 10586.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/1/1/1 / Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = 1ms / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = 0.10  (max 60) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / All Services Off / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD On / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *43* / Nervous Rate = 1 / Cool when Idle = 1 / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = *Optimal* / Time Stability = *Stable* / Custom Filter *Low* 705600 / -> USB3 *from MoBo* -> Clairixa USB 15cm -> Intona Isolator -> Clairixa USB 1m80 -> 24/768 Phasure NOS1a 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (4ms) -> Blaxius BNC interlink *-> B'ASS Current Amplifier /w Level4 -> Blaxius Interlink* -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers.
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