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I had a similar problem, but solved it by converting to .flac, then back to .wav. All of my issues have been with HD Tracks, so I tend to be suspicious of their HiRes quality. I have downloaded several other 192 tracks elsewhere and they played OK.

Fixed it without recoding by putting it on a known good card. Seems all my off brand cards and my Sandisk MicroSDXC 64gb cards dont work with the high quality 24/192. I gotta try out some more,but very annoying indeed. I can live with 24/96 though for most things. Hotel California Sounds great :-)

 

EDIT: It seems to work on a 8gb Sandisk Class 4....odd as the other cards I tried are supposed to be Class 6 and the microSDXC card i believe should be the fastest of all of them.

Edited by kenman345 - 8/31/12 at 11:20am

Here is a very interesting discussion regarding hi-res technology and whether or not it is needed or even desirable.

also here

 

when I read them for first time, they opened a new world in front of my eyes.

Edited by heart banger-97 - 8/31/12 at 2:55pm

skimmed over them. will read thoroughly later, I understand this stuff a lot. Read the second article in the past. I like the idea of 24bit/48khz music as it's literally all the information you actually need (and just slightly extra). Got some Linkin Park from HD Tracks in that type as well. I'm thinking of just making backups of anything i've paid for in high quality and downconverting them to 16/48 or 24/48 for use on the Tera. Though sometimes it's nice to say I have it....you know, just because I can. I am still a strong believer in having to hear something to ultimately make a decision, so I'll do some comparisons with different sample rates and bit depths this weekend if I can. Going to a concert on sunday so not sure how much time I will have.

Edited by kenman345 - 8/31/12 at 3:04pm

the great part in that articles is that they mention, you have lower quality with higher bit depth and sampling rates over 48kHz (if you use them with 16 bit dac, you will have distortion)

With my best kit and files, I hear improvement up to 24/96 and actually slightly prefer 96 to 192 so far. This with material we recorded and know well. That said, I don't see the need for more than 16/48 for something used strictly as a portable player.

 

Those explanations are rather simplistic and there's more going on dynamically and with how you can do filtering etc. Regardless, if you can't hear it yourself, it doesn't matter. I just wouldn't assume that if you don't, it isn't there for someone else with different kit and files. This need for absolutes and justifications is bad for rational evaluations.

Edited by goodvibes - 9/1/12 at 7:44am

Got an interesting message from Charles this morning. Said that you can use iTunes to convert wav files to have a bit depth of 16 while still keeping the 192khz, meaning, it will have less of a speed requirement for the SD card. It also saves on the extra space not needed for playback. 

 

Posted a similar picture on the portable rigs thread while quoting HiFlight and evolutionx with their Tera Players:

 

As you can see, that little card holder thing is sweet. I keep more storage on my than a 160gb iPod. The card fits in my wallet (not the normal business card slots, but it fits nice and easy). I always have that on me, so I always have the potential for tons of music. Haven't loaded them all up yet, but am working to fix that. I think I'm going to go to my sisters and ask for some nail polish to color code the edge of the cards so I can tell the difference easily. Also working on keeping track of what's on each card with a written fold up list. They used to make these magnetic business type cards, that unfold for use as an address book. I've been trying to find out to use for keeping a list for the color and what albums are on the card.

yeah, because magnetic type business cards and flash memory would be such good friends =)

 

neat card holder though, sorry if you already have, but have you linked where you got it?

Happy to repost http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006J73RAI/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00

sweet, thanks!

Ordered! ;)
 

Tera or Card holder?

Card holder. lol
 

I think that I will never understand charles altmann and his answers in FAQ section of his own site

 

 

 

 

 

I'm gonna kill my self

 

do any of you guys follow these advices?

 

 

I hope so

Edited by heart banger-97 - 9/1/12 at 2:39pm