There are apps like gnormalize and xfca (both not available in the repositories unfortunately, you'd have to download and install them manually), a Nautilus script/extension called nautilus-script-audio-convert, or you could just use flac/lame on the command line or in a bash script.

Quote: apparently the best thing to do is the RIP to FLAC (or other loseless format) and then convert them to whatever format you need mp3/wma/aac/ect... You can go to MP3 directly if that's all you want. The point of creating and keeping lossless FLAC files is never having to rip...

Quote: I heard Nero AAC tops the charts, but I have trouble finding it. Nero AAC Codec Quote: I found the NERO AAC encoder, but they just have the encoder, decoder and tagging exe files. Which don't do anything when I click on them. They're command line apps just like...

Quote: Your next step would probably be to save for a dedicated DAC / CD player (the Fortissimo is a soundcard right?) Yes, some Envy24 thing. Probably nothing special but it has to be better than the onboard stuff. Since I rip everything onto the computer and would like to keep it...

Quote: Originally Posted by scompton IMO, you don't. Comments on the ortho thread of the mid 70s Yamaha receivers are very positive. They were designed to drive the difficult to drive Yamaha headphones of the era. Thank you! That's a pleasant surprise, especially since it was a...

Just got mine (#19xxx). Positive first impression, I think I'm going to really like these. Currently running them from the headphone out on a mid-70s Yamaha CR-600 receiver hooked up to my Hercules Fortissimo IV. 2.5-3/10 seems plenty loud... how badly do I really need/want a separate...

F, not H Direct Link Looks like Windows 7 isn't listed as a supported OS, dunno if this is true or just an oversight.

VIA's page has version 5.40F now, not sure if this one improves/breaks anything.

Quote: new firmwear for my N200 Volume adjustment has been reduced to 25 steps (used to be 40, right?), and the FM region selection seems to be gone. I also saw the "Please wait" message (mentioned above regarding the V200 firmware) on startup... Unfortunately I don't have any...

Yes, it records in WAV (16kHz, 4bit stereo IMA ADPCM = ~1MB/min). MP3 encoding is only used when recording via line in (lowest quality setting 96kbps resp. 720kB/min.)

I think I've read some of your earlier posts on the MT6, could you elaborate on the headphone jack issue? I want a player that takes AA/AAAs... Iaudios are expensive around here (~200€ for the G3, even more for the 5) for some stupid reason. What else is out there? iRiver's 799/899 seem to...

jack963 and/or azncookiecutter, I'm interested in the MT6(Z) too but stumbled across the following sentence in the fine print of the manual: Quote: When playing a VBR file, you cannot move to and play the previous track even if you push the joystick to the |<< position within 5 seconds...

Quote: 1. Backlight noise is still there. Hardware issue, not going to be fixed by firmware. Quote Creative: Our product development team has researched these reports and determined that the users may have experienced the effect due to a high frequency signal from the circuitry...

Summarizing: the backlight noise issue can only be fixed with new hardware (available who-knows-when), the clicks/squeaks durign playback might be 'addressed' by a firmware upgrade scheduled for the end of february, the clicks/pops between tracks could not be reproduced? Wow, now I don't feel...

There is no definitive answer on this yet, and I'd suggest keeping your money until that changes (as promised on Creative's support forum).