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Best DAP with FLAC support?

post #1 of 19
3/8/10 at 11:24pm
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So I have some new IEMs coming in and started to convert all my music to flac. I have an Iphone and Zune 80 but just realized that neither support FLAC.

If i'm gonna be using high end IEMs i want the best source possible so i definitely want FLAC .

What would you guys recommend as the best players with FLAC support? Preferably something with at least 32 gigs.

So far I have looked into the Cowon S9 and Samsung P3.
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post #2 of 19
3/8/10 at 11:25pm
probobly the Cowon S9,
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post #3 of 19
3/8/10 at 11:27pm
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really sucks that the Zune HD doesnt support it because i'd buy one immediately.
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post #4 of 19
3/8/10 at 11:33pm
I don't think up-converting works...
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post #5 of 19
3/8/10 at 11:36pm
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Originally Posted by EBOBO View Post
I don't think up-converting works...
huh?
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post #6 of 19
3/8/10 at 11:36pm
Sflo2, AMP3, X-Fi and D2+
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post #7 of 19
3/8/10 at 11:39pm
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what brands are those?
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post #8 of 19
3/9/10 at 4:14am
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Originally Posted by max pl View Post
what brands are those?

Sflo2=Nationite/Teclast.

AMP3=hiSound.

X-Fi=Creative.

D2+=Cowon.
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post #9 of 19
3/9/10 at 5:16am
How about iRiver H1XX-Series with Rockbox?
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post #10 of 19
3/9/10 at 5:54am
why do you want flac only?? i suppose alac will do equally well as both are lossless formats. and your iphone supports alac (apple lossless audio codec).
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post #11 of 19
3/9/10 at 7:47am
Samsung P3 / Samsung M1
Nationite S:Flo2 with memory card 16gb
Cowon S9 / Cowon D2+
Iriver K1 with memory card 16gb
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post #12 of 19
3/9/10 at 6:49pm
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and your iphone supports alac (apple lossless audio codec).
It supports FLAC too if you jailbreak.
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post #13 of 19
3/10/10 at 6:12pm
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Originally Posted by max pl View Post
huh?
He means that if all your music is in mp3 now, you cant just convert it to FLAC. That doesn't work. That's called a transcode. It will have a bigger file size but the same quality as the MP3. The rules of transcodes are source (CD) to lossless (FLAC) is ok. Then any lossless to another type of lossless is ok. For example FLAC to ALAC is fine and you will have the exact same sound quality, but and inferior codec You can't convert any kind of lossy files (MP3) to lossless or lower bitrate lossy to a higher bitrate lossy. For example V0 to 320 CBR.
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post #14 of 19
3/10/10 at 6:20pm
Well, there aren't any rules preventing you from transcoding MP3 to FLAC that I'm aware of, however virtually nothing is gained as the data that was thrown out by the MP3 encoder is lost forever. Semantics maybe, but it is strictly possible just not advisable.
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post #15 of 19
3/10/10 at 8:38pm
RockBox an iPod before the 6th gen classic. They all support FLAC, and the SQ options are fantastic.
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