Design Spark didn't strike me as too terrible. Free and no size limitations.  I ran into problems when I was putting down switches and it kept trying to route pins that I didn't want it to touch.  Might have just been how I was using it though.

Binary equivalent means both files have the exact same data inside of them. They both represent the same frequencies/sounds/etc. They will sound the exact same as each other. Different equipment (speakers, DAC, etc) will have some effect but played on the same equipment they will be the dame...

As far as rock goes I still lean towards the 90's. The 80's blew except for some heavy metal (not hair metal, **** that) and a single here and there. Once the 90's hit and hair metal died out and grunge and other alternative rock/metal sounds caught on we were left with an excellent time to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik Why do you say that electrical engineers don't know what they're talking about? Do you think that when you start taking EE classes you have tk swear a blood oath against biwiring? Or do you think this might be more nonsense cooked up by...

eatpoo.com forums in the photography sub section The Strobist over at blogspot. Both good sites.

Cold fusion has never been figured out. Hot fusion sure, but cold fusion is still one of those holy grailes. And bikes are only sustainable tech if you ignore how much a bike can't do and the added caloric intake the populace would need to be able to maintain a similar lifestyle.

Quote: Originally Posted by Arlekiin I do not deny that gasoline is good energy value. But also we are overusing it. I mean there are few calculations saying that the planet can sustain 2.5 billion people who go around and burn pillage and punish it and the planet would always make...

Sterling engines are still used in various applications. Mostly boats I believe. But they are quiet and efficient, so yeah, good stuff. As far as applications in cars ther are some issues that I think would need to be worked out first, like that you have to let the engine warm up and build up...

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Quote: Originally Posted by memepool I am not arguing anywhere that WAV/AIFF is superior to FLAC/ALAC per se. No you didn't. jp11801 did. In the third post of the thread. The one right before i asked "Why would you say WAV over FLAC?" Your reply to my question was "You should...

Quote: Originally Posted by memepool You misunderstand. No, it does not appear that I do. I'm pretty sure I'm following just fine. Quote: What we are talking about is transcribing an analogue medium to digital, Yes I'm aware Quote: which is not the same as...

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk The original post was about ripping to mp3, so the concerns were valid. The second reply was the one I was questioning however Quote: Originally Posted by jp11801 If you can transfer them to FLAC or ALAC or better yet WAV or AIFF that...

Quote: Originally Posted by memepool Sorry what's your point? Lossless encoding loses no information, so a rip to WAV followed by a FLAC encoding leaves you with a compressed file that decodes to the exact same signal as the uncompressed WAV file. So you are not losing any...

Quote: Originally Posted by memepool It's always better to capture at the highest possible resolution as it's better for editing and will result in better quality transcriptions in the end whether you leave them as uncompressed or compress to a lossless or lossy codec. Moreover...

Why would you recommend that he convert them to an uncompressed digital format rather than a lossless compressed format? I'm not following the logic there.