Hi, I have an old Denon AVR 3200 (not the newer 3200W), and am trying to work out how to do the following, and would appreciate any help that people can give with this:   1. I would like to be able to mute the output to the main speakers when I plug my headphones in (so that I can listen to...

Hi, A couple of years ago I ordered the excellent Archos XS 202 portable hard drive/mp3 player. I just love this unit; the only thing that I dislike is that it only comes in a 20GB version, and I've just hit that capacity. With this in mind, I'm wondering if anyone could recommend a...

About 3 months ago I finally gave in to the urge to buy an MP3 player, and set about researching what was available given my criteria. I should say here that I don’t like the MP3 format – it is too lossy for me; i.e., the audio data that is lost in compressing CD files to MP3 format bothers...

Hi, I've been madly ripping and encoding using a mixture of EAC and CDex. I've been testing some of the files by navigating to Windows Explorer (in Windows XP Home), and I've found something that I don't understand with a few files. When I click on the .mp3 to play the first few seconds...

Hi Everyone, I finally downloaded and installed Exact Audio Copy and LAME today, and think that I have them working O.K., except for the fact that the 'Help' is greyed-out in EAC (so if anyone can help with that, I'd be grateful). I also have installed CDex and MusicMatch, and have been...

Hi, I saw someone post here that they rip to WAV, and then encode as MP3. What would the reason for this be? Are there any advantages to doing this? GVDV

I hope that posting a couple of questions about ripping/encoding isn't too far from the purview of this forum; I'm doing so because people here seem knowledgable and willing to share their knowledge, and because there don't seem to be too many other places to talk about this kind of thing...

Hi, I've just ordered my first MP3 player, an Archos Gmini XS202, the update to the XS200. I ordered this unit after a couple of months of talking to people here, and I really appreciate the replies to my questions that helped me decide to buy the XS202. Given the help that I received...

Hi, I'm just getting into the whole world of mp3's, wma's etc., and have a couple of questions about my experience so far of this area. I have Dell Jukebox by MusicMatch 9 (build 9.00.2063), and Windows Media Player 10 (build 10.00.00.3646), and have done some testing, making wma's and mp3's...

Hi, Can anyone here tell me how the Samsung YH925's Voice Recorder works? Specifically, I'm interested in knowing whether one has to hold down a button or in some other way have one's hand on the recorder for the duration of recording, or if the mechanism is similar to that a of video...

Hi, I've decided to upgrade from my 4 year-old Sony Minidisc player/recorder to a hard drive based unit, and have narrowed the choice down to (basically) the Sony NW-HD5 or the Archos Gmini SX200, although I'm open to other suggestions. I really love the ATRAC compression on the Sony MD I...