Is there anyway to confirm a real FLAC file vs a fake?  People have suggested to use spectrogram software such as "Spek" but others have said this will still not give a definitive answer.   FLAC files are suppose to go past 22 kHz on the spectrum, while 320 kbps mp3 should be 20 kHz.    ...

For a while now I have been using a first generation M-Audio MobilePre USB.  I have been using it with my HD598 headphones and also using the line-in to plug in my electric guitar and bass guitar.  The quality seems good but I don't notice a huge difference over onboard sound.  I can however...

Hi all.  I haven't been to this forum in months.   I recently bought a pair of Sennheiser HD 449 which I got for $78 after tax!  I thought it was a good price so I went for it.   Now to the question...   I have long hair and when I was just trying on my new headphones the earmuffs got kind...

I got an album in FLAC and in Foobar the tags look good.  Proper album art, proper artist name, track #, date, genre, etc.   However, when I open it in Windows Explorer none of that information is filled out.  It just has the file name.   So FLAC does not use ID3 tag.   How exactly...

I am trying to give Foobar another shot.  I am finding the music organization very poor compared to iTunes 'automatically manage music.' When I remove a song in Foobar, it's not actually deleted.  I am not exactly sure what this feature even does.  When you open Foobar again, the song is...

which do you prefer? I dislike Apple computers, os, and all software but iTunes.  Now the new version is out and I am not so sure about it.   why I dislike iTunes 11...   There is no album art in the bottom left corner, there is this stupid arrow besides all my song tracks and when I...

I need help fixing these Logitech surround speakers.   The cable that goes from the center speaker into the computer has a broken cable or wire inside.  If I squish the cable about halfway down and I could get the sound.  You have to squish it just a bit.  If you do it all way it will...

Is it possible to plug my guitar into my computer without a soundcard?   I would assume it is but I would need an adapter.   Does this affect the sound quality at all? I wanted to record my playing with audacity.  Maybe there's a program that acts like an amp too.

I have a Logitech 5.1 surround system I am selling to someone and I want to show him all the speakers work.   Unfortunately sound is not coming out of all the speakers...   The right rear and right front speaker there is sound.   There is bass from the subwoofer.   The Center...

Hi all I haven't posted in a while.   I am giving Foobar2000 a shot.  Usually I use iTunes on Windows 7.   I mainly downloaded it so I can play FLAC and other loseless.  I heard it uses less memory, but that's not really a big deal because I have a good computer.   The main thing is...

Is there a quality difference between FLAC and actual CD?  Should it be the same or no? CD is 128kbps but if you upconvert to FLAC you would lose quality even though you are going to loseless codec.

Ok iTunes gets a lot of flack and I don't know why.  I don't like Apple Products other than the iPod.  I could rant on how terrible Apple is but I won't.   iTunes however is something they have done right.  It has a clean interface, it doesn't use a lot of memory, and it's just simple.  ...

My music collection is ALL 256 VBR and ABOVE.  MAINLY 320kbps encoded with LAME.   I have nothing under 256!  320 vs 128 is a huge difference. What about 320 VS FLAC? Flac is loseless but not supported on many players.   Is it worth going FLAC? THX

What is a good upgrade from Sennheiser PC 160 series headphones? I have had these headphones for years using them with the computer and they are stunning.  Can it really get better than this?  Best $60 I have ever spent.  I have dropped by accident so many times and they are durable.

OK on another forum I read frequently, a user is saying that ANY 5.1 system is superior to 2.1. Is this true?  I don't know much about audio.   He says Logitech Z-640 surround system is better than ANY 2.1 system?  Is it true?   I looked it up and Z-640 is from 2002! What can you...