Doublepost, sorry.

Quote: Originally Posted by trains are bad I don't mean to hijack, but is mpd gapless? Cause amarok is one of the only linux players I've found that is. And it still dosen't have crossfeed. Lame. Yes, it's gapless.

Using something like this in mpd.conf should make sure that the output is bit-perfect: Code: audio_output { type "alsa" name "My ALSA Device" # device "hw:0,1" # optional format "44100:16:2" # optional } I don't believe that two different players, configured to use alsa in the same way...

So many happy Archers It's good to hear that my favorite distribution is getting the recognition it fully deserves!

Quote: Originally Posted by Pangaea I generally hate windows, but have enjoyed the XP that is on the Eee. I'm afraid there is a good possibility that you will enjoy it less once you install antivirus software. Windows XP systems usually are quite nice -- until you install...

Or something like that: placebo = effect of expectation(s) on perceived quality of sound Pretty much the same thing jonathanjong said.

Quote: Originally Posted by worminater +1 vote for MPD; i personally use ncmpc (command line however; is not for everyone) ncmpc makes a very nice interface to use for controlling MPD with an IrDA remote (using lirc): howto

My replacement for Foobar ended up being Sonata, an MPD client. Perhaps it doesn't compare to Foobar (or Amarok for that matter) in terms of features, but it does the main thing -- managing playlists and playing music -- very well It's also very fast and resource efficient, nice to look at...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kees Yes, but it is also necessary to establish a common understanding of the meaning. Otherwise a discussion would be quite confusing I think. If you want to map meaning onto sense with precision then you're basically doing a young Wittgenstein -- he...

If you enjoy that sort of thing have a listen to Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut" CD, for example.

Quote: Originally Posted by Hirsch The word "placebo" does not apply to audio, unless one is determining the effects of pharmacologically active substances on the listening experience. The sooner that people stop using the "placebo effect" in audio debates, and start talking about...

Quote: Originally Posted by progo I think that placebo practically allows one to enjoy their rig more. Let's assume I didn't know anything about medicine or their effects to something, and someone offered me SQ pills, á $100 each. The pills would enhance my perception of say details...

Quote: Originally Posted by LnxPrgr3 Of course, there's no point to using low-latency playback to listen to music. All it will get you is the ability to hear your music sooner after it was decoded, and with more risk of audio dropouts Thanks for the nice explanation -- I've...

Quote: Originally Posted by hempcamp x2 Or, more accessible to English speakers but along the same lines, William James' Principles of Psychology. Consciousness of the world is a "saddle back" -- think of a passage between two mountains -- where the immediately perceived is behind...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kees I can just picture you with your face all read and wrinkles in your forehead, perceiving yourself into a fit. Like I said -- a real effort Anyways, I gotta run: have fun reducing the real to the perceived! Oh, and if these sorts of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kees Of course you perceive it. What'd you think? It's not there for nothing.... LOL. I was just trying to perceive it now, I made a real effort, but I couldn't... Is there something wrong with me?

What I'm saying is just common sense: what is consciously perceived is just a tip of the iceberg... You don't perceive the hormonal regulation inside your own body, for example, it is nevertheless very real.

Quote: Originally Posted by synaesthetic Reality is merely our perception of the world around us, after all. That is not correct. Perception is necessarily subtractive, since the brain's "processing power" is not unlimited, and so it only registers what is useful, interesting or...

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis I live happily without either as well. But it would be great to have something as capable (secure ripping) as EAC for non-Windows operating systems. Since we are mostly limited to the outdated cdparanoia.... Rubyripper is good enough for me...

Quote: Originally Posted by dvessel Hehe, interesting perspective but inducing it upon yourself isn't a placebo. Maybe the effects can be the same but we'd have to call it something else. Unless your smoking grass, I don't see how it can be done. Why call it something else? It's...

Quote: Originally Posted by colonelkernel8 Unfortunately, in this forum, if you didn't spend a lot of money on it, the chance of you experiencing it is less, at least this is what my experience has shown me. Yes, it seems that many people around here approach the problem in a...

It is very real. One should learn how to induce it and enjoy it, but one should avoid paying a lot of money for it.

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis Yeah, Foobar2000 and EAC for GNU/Linux (or POSIX in general) would be great. The alternatives we have a not as extensible or powerful. I get by happily without either. The trick is not to look for perfect replacements for each in the form of...

Quote: Originally Posted by insyte The only thing that doesn't work for me right now is mplayer. I don't know how to get it to use the usb dac. On my system: Code: mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=2.0 /path/to/media/file It's likely that on your system the device name for bithead...