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High quality music files stored on Hard Drive

post #1 of 8
2/28/04 at 11:02pm
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Hey all whats the best way to store high quality music files on my pc?

I want a better file format that the standard mp3? Any recommendations? I have a 200 GIG hd for storage.


Thanks
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post #2 of 8
2/28/04 at 11:03pm
Go lossless. FLAC or APE. I think there have been threads in the Source forum. Visit http://www.hydrogenaudio.com
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post #3 of 8
2/28/04 at 11:15pm
MPC is another good one. The files are relatively small, especially compared to lossless, and most people can't tell them from the original. I find quality 8 MPCs are indistinguishable from the original (lower settings I can tell some slight differences).
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post #4 of 8
2/28/04 at 11:15pm
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ok whats better FLAC or APE? and how do i download tester files to listen to? where do i go? thanks
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post #5 of 8
2/29/04 at 12:22am
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Originally posted by ROSSOred
ok whats better FLAC or APE? and how do i download tester files to listen to? where do i go? thanks
You don't need tester files -- they both sound identical to the original -- bit for bit. Ape compresses slightly more, but Flac is distributed on more liberal terms.
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post #6 of 8
2/29/04 at 12:27am
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ok wot programmes can i use to convert my CD collection to Flac and Ape?
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post #7 of 8
2/29/04 at 1:19am
Dude: do a search...and not just within Head-Fi.

To answer your question, use EAC in secure mode and get the zip files containing both FLAC and Monkey's audio (you'll need the GUI frontend for FLAC to compress / decompress files easier). Then, setup and rip / compress away.
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post #8 of 8
2/29/04 at 3:19am
If you're using Foobar +ASIO+Resampling you'll want to go ape. Flac's stutter like crazy with those settings for some reason.
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