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offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 11:53 [#02530327]
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anyone got any good suggestions, the new sony Walkman looks
good bit on the expensive side though, I want to listen to
music in bed without the glare of the laptop screen and when
I go for walks with my brother


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2017-08-31 12:08 [#02530332]
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ask yourself two questions:

1. what music player/library do you use on you computer?
2. what do you have more of, flac or wav?

for example itunes wont use flac/wav,
so apple and ipods would fall flat...

me still using mp3s and the occasional ALAC im well off with
my good old ipod


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2017-08-31 12:11 [#02530333]
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since you specifically asked for flac,wav you probably knew
apple is a no go for you unless they changed that stupid
policy to ignore these formats



 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 12:12 [#02530334]
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yeah I cant tell the different between high quality mp3 and
wav/flac I just tend to rip everything to flac for the sake
of it, I used to have a really good sony 20 gig mp3 player
about 10 years ago but I gave it away as a Christmas present



 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 12:14 [#02530335]
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yes I'm not overly keen on apple products because of their
proprietary software and cables, when I buy something I want
to do what I want with it, not to say their stuff isn't well
made it usually is. Also I had ITunes on my pc once and it
made the disk drive fuck up so that put me off a bit


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2017-08-31 12:20 [#02530336]
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now im curious..
are your flac tagged in any way?
what do you use to play your files?
do you just explore your hard drive or do you have a library
program?
do you shuffle, or usually play albums?



 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 12:23 [#02530337]
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yes my flacs are tagged, I rip my cds with fairstairs cd
ripper, or easy cd extract, I play usually entire albums at
a time, but occasionally just tracks I want to listen to. I
use VLC player to play them, I have an external hard drive
that's stores back up copies of my FLACs and a separate
internal hard drive just for my music, ive never used
shuffle


 

offline RussellDust on 2017-08-31 12:53 [#02530339]
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I'm confused. When I put wav files into my iPhone or iPad
they work fine. Does this mean they are automatically being
converted to MP3, but not telling me?


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2017-08-31 12:59 [#02530340]
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oh wait they do play wav...
the files on your pad and phone are probably wav too ~
afaik itunes only has import settings to rip cds not for
exporting to portable devices
think i mixed something up, sorry


 

offline RussellDust on 2017-08-31 13:03 [#02530341]
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It's been a weird day and I thought I was losing it a bit!


 

offline mermaidman on 2017-08-31 13:09 [#02530342]
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there are flac player apps too


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2017-08-31 13:43 [#02530343]
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I use poweramp on my Android phone, plays FLAC files just
fine


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 14:00 [#02530344]
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yeah everyone uses a smart phone now, I just want a
dedicated player, I know it sounds weird


 

offline Tussle Toss from United States on 2017-08-31 16:32 [#02530346]
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LAZY_TITLE


 

offline Tussle Toss from United States on 2017-08-31 16:32 [#02530347]
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goddamnit


 

offline freqy on 2017-08-31 17:15 [#02530348]
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your going to listen to a walkman whilst you walk with your
brother?

galaxy 'S' dac chip Wolfson's WM8994 DAC was nice, with
vlc eq.

concidering you can pick one up for 15 quid . bargain.

also good audio recording

you can have maps and camera and all sorts of apps and
video. just stating obvious,



 

offline freqy on 2017-08-31 17:18 [#02530349]
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s1 that is,

s2 was crap. not sure of 3 4.

only saying cause its cheap. not tiny like a ipop mini
thinga ofcourse



 

offline freqy on 2017-08-31 17:19 [#02530350]
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GT-I9000


 

offline freqy on 2017-08-31 17:23 [#02530351]
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sorry s3 was rubbish didn’t try an s2.


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 17:25 [#02530353]
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that might be a good idea actually, £15 would do
everything I wanted, I have this old htc sitting around
doing nothing, wonder what the battery life is like on it
running vlc app, I suppose that's why I wanted dedicated
player as well, 32 hour battery life


 

offline freqy on 2017-08-31 17:30 [#02530354]
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the sound is great...but.. better than an ipod designed for
the job (sound)likely not.

i never had any bad feelings regards the s1 sound. it is a
bit slow at times on teh net. but i had maps and all sorts
of things. was fun to use.



 

offline freqy on 2017-08-31 17:35 [#02530355]
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best to check out the audio chip, if you buy a phone.


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 18:17 [#02530357]
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how do you know these things?


 

offline freqy on 2017-08-31 18:23 [#02530358]
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I see.....everything.


 

offline mermaidman on 2017-08-31 18:24 [#02530359]
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ipods have the same dacs as iphones don't they?


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 18:27 [#02530360]
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have you been on the herbal tea again?


 

offline mermaidman on 2017-08-31 18:32 [#02530361]
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herbal tea freqy is different than vanilla regular freqy.


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 18:34 [#02530362]
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it give me such a rush, its like liquid heroin man


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 18:35 [#02530363]
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seriously though appreciate all the comments, I know you lot
know of what you speak


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 18:36 [#02530364]
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I wonder what the DAC is like on my integrated soundcard


 

offline freqy on 2017-08-31 19:28 [#02530376]
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LAZY_TITLE


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 19:29 [#02530377]
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oh yeah missed the reference, for some reason I thought it
was from DUNE

"the most precious substance in the universe is the spice
Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands
consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The
Spacing Guild and its navigators, who the spice has mutated
over 4,000 years, use the orange spice gas, which gives them
the ability to fold space. That is, travel to any part of
universe without moving"


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 19:30 [#02530378]
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I wonder if it was just a really potent strain of nutmeg


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-08-31 19:31 [#02530379]
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brb cooking tea


 

offline freqy on 2017-08-31 20:09 [#02530381]
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I literally have no idea, no jokes and no links. although i
was thinking worm holes and time holes red dwarf for a bit.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2017-09-01 04:50 [#02530439]
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sansa clip plus plays flac and wav, it also has a micro SD
slot up to 32GB. there are some current models with micro SD
slots (sansa clip sport lists FLAC support, sansa clip jam
does not). nice thing about the clip plus was the OLED
blue+gold display. the newer ones are TFT or white OLED.
amazon still sells cliip plus, but its 4x the cost of the
new models.

i had a first generation but when the battery died (after a
couple years of heavy use) i couldn't find a replacement
battery, had to buy a new one. firmware is a little flaky
but i think there is an open source firmware out there.


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-09-01 17:43 [#02530482]
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thanks mate, I will have a gander


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-09-01 17:46 [#02530483]
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"The question is this: Given that God is infinite, and that
the universe is also infinite... would you like a toasted
teacake?"


 


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