cdplayer or ipod is a better source?

You can't rockbox the classic yet can you?

The zealots here will tell you that a good portable CDP will 'eat' any DAP/PMP for sound quality, but they arent talking about the small range of PCDPs still made by Sony, they are talking about old models with Sony and Phillips internals. Having owned one of the current Sony range, I can only assume that the older models must have been about 1500% better .....

In any case, if you want something for genuinely portable use, I just dont see anyone carrying 50 or more CDs around an airport just to listen to a few tunes. YMMV.

This is one of the units I referred to in my earlier post - I'm sure there are others.

http://www.walkmancentral.com/products/d-z555

The D-Z555 is undoubtedly the most complex of all the Discman models. A technology showpiece, it was crammed with all Sony’s digital audio know-how and what resulted was a superlative product the like of which will never be seen again.

The D-Z555 was the first Discman to employ 8 times oversampling. This method of CD playback reduced the amount of digital “noise” that could enter the analogue stages and resulted in a purer sound than was obtainable by conventional means. Sony’s own CXD2551 digital filter was used, feeding two Burr Brown PCM66P digital to analogue converter (DAC) chips. This arrangement would have been a high specification for a domestic machine but in applying it to a Discman Sony demonstrated how serious they were about portable audio. On top of this, they also included one of the first “Digital Signal Processors” (DSP) to be seen in a consumer product. The functions of the DSP were shown on an extra LCD on top of the machine and included a programmable 5 band graphic equaliser, digital surround sound and various other enhancement options. The volume control was also implemented digitally and this had its own display section too. On normal playback the DSP displays became a peak programme meter and both the DSP display on the top and the track display on the front were illuminated in orange when an external power source was used. 

The D-Z555 was also unique at the time in offering an optical digital output. This could be used to connect the player to an external DAC, a digital amplifier, a Digital Audio Tape (DAT) recorder or later a MiniDisc recorder like the MZ-1. T

The D-Z555 was produced at a time when the personal compact disc player was still considered a luxury item. The situation would change in the next few years and soon such machines would be reduced to the status of a more common commodity. This precluded the production of further extravagant technology statements like the D-Z555, it is most unlikely that their like will be seen again. 

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Originally Posted by moomooemu 

what does rockboxed mean?

 

and it doesn't necessarily have to be portable but it would be nice. I just happen to have the music on cd's(10 fo them) and wish to listen to them in the highest quality way. i guess my main question is would i get the same quality going through my computer's soundcard than through a portable device such as a cdplayer or ipod?

 

i have a audio-gd sparrow btw on my comp

rockbox is using a thirdparty software instead of the standard operating system, better EQ (for Ipods at least) and more adaptable
 

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Originally Posted by blitz-dice 

I also have a lot of cd collections. I jut bought a used ipod 5g 80gb and rockboxed it for flac.

x2, or grab a Cowon X7 or J3.

If you get a 7 gen. ipod classic, you will have to rip your CDs to wave then convert them to ALAC with iTunes which you then add to the ipod.

Then you get a Stepdance and a line-out cable and prepare for eargasms. 

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Originally Posted by Mad Max 

x2, or grab a Cowon X7 or J3.

 

If you get a 7 gen. ipod classic, you will have to rip your CDs to wave then convert them to ALAC with iTunes which you then add to the ipod.

Then you get a Stepdance and a line-out cable and prepare for eargasms. 

there are no circumstances that i know of that require ripping cd's to wav files then into lossless format.

ituness will rip straight from cd to ALAC, and many other programs will rip cd's directly to flac, or a myriad of other formats.

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Originally Posted by Br777 

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Originally Posted by Mad Max 

x2, or grab a Cowon X7 or J3.

 

If you get a 7 gen. ipod classic, you will have to rip your CDs to wave then convert them to ALAC with iTunes which you then add to the ipod.

Then you get a Stepdance and a line-out cable and prepare for eargasms. 

there are no circumstances that i know of that require ripping cd's to wav files then into lossless format.

 

ituness will rip straight from cd to ALAC, and many other programs will rip cd's directly to flac, or a myriad of other formats.

 

I think he's doing that so he can have files in both wav and alac format