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LH Labs Geek Out v2+ Discussion Thread
SoAmusing777 - thanks for the charging info.- RareArtists
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- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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Next best file format smaller than FLAC?
bgentry - thanks for the suggestions I should have been more clear about my needs, but you seem to have caught my drift anyhow. I do plan to encode my new CD rips to FLAC for general storage, but when I put them on my new DAP, I was hoping to find a smaller, but still decent file...- RareArtists
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- Forum: Music
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LH Labs Geek Out v2+ Discussion Thread
Like many others, I'm excited by the idea of this super portable unit, so I also pre-ordered the GO v2+ last night... Being new to this world of highish-end portables, I have a few power related questions which might be obvious to others.... Is it yet clear how the unit charges? ...- RareArtists
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- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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Next best file format smaller than FLAC?
thanks guys any recs for what I should use to replace iTunes? I don't want to deal with the workarounds to run Foobar2000 on my Mac.- RareArtists
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- Forum: Music
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Next best file format smaller than FLAC?
For years, I have been one of those Apple / iTunes users encoding cd's to AAC custom settings of 192 kbps / 48 kHz but each recent iTunes update has annoyed me more and more, so I want to switch my setup. While remaining an Apple user, it seems my best bet is to use: X Lossless Decoder...- RareArtists
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- Forum: Music
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Optical Drive - worth extra money for USB 3.0 for encoding / ripping discs?
The optical drive on my Mac Book Pro is dead I am going to encode about 750 cd's from my collection, so I'm in the market for an external drive. I don't need to rip Blu-Ray. Are there any particular specs I should look for would make for either better or easier encoding? I am...- RareArtists
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- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
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Reply to review by 'rareartists' on item 'FiiO X3 2nd gen Ultraportable Hi-Res DAP'
Fantastic review. Thanks so much. For creating Playlists, you mentioned using an external database and editor to create external playlists. Any chance you could explain how this works?- RareArtists
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new member looking for recs on DAP & DAC/Amp
Hi there, I am excited to have finally joined Head-Fi.org today.... I've spent the last 20 years in the music business, both as a Producer and principal of an Artist Management company. With all the massive changes in the business and the technology, its time for me to update my...- RareArtists
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