I want one mainly for use with me, ie, portable. When I'm walking, working outside, etc...so small with excellent reception. What are my other options other than the modified Sony, he's sold out. Thanks-

Any recommendations for a portable radio that has excellent reception?

I agree, it is all subjective. I also agree that it is hard to tell a difference between FLAC and MP3. In certain instances I can. Those songs that I can tell a difference I enjoy FLAC more than MP3. That's my humble opinion. I'm sure associated equipment makes a difference as well. At the...

I find it amusing that some people are saying that he isn't hearing what he seems to be hearing. If he likes FLAC more than MP3, how can any of us tell him that he's wrong? If he likes it more, he likes it more...bottom line. I for one can tell a difference between FLAC & MP3, but only with...

Can I download podcasts to my x5 now? Or will those only go to a Ipod?

Quote: Originally Posted by isamu Interesting. I am now hearing that allofmp3.com is a pirate site. What's up with that? I've read around and I'm not sure...seems like they were under investigation earlier this year for that but nothing came of it. Anyone have any further...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jakets In response to fewtch: Im pretty sure there actually from the cd's, as i can tell a difference from a 320kb and flac file from there. Also they damn well better be, because paying 7-8$ for a flac album when i could get it for 1.50-2.00 in 320kb i would...

Quote: Originally Posted by fewtch You can convert (or rather, decompress) them to WAV files. They can't be played on a standard CD player. I wonder if the FLACs on allofmp3 are from the original CD's, or if they made the FLACs from MP3's. If the latter, you'd be just as well grabbing...

I'm going to get some music from AllofMP3.com and was thinking about getting them all in FLAC. Can FLAC files be placed on a cd that can play in standard cd players? Or can I convert them to WAV files to be put on a cd? Or is my only option to just get them in MP3 and then burn it to a CD and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr.Radar Oh, I mis-understood you. I though you wanted to go from your TV to your receiver, not the other way around. In that case you need a digital to analog converter (a DAC). The cheapest (decent) ones will cost you about $75 (I'd reccomend the Art DI/O...

Okay, I looked again and here's what I've found... My receiver is an all-in-one machine, it's a receiver/cd/sacd/dvd player and the only thing I don't like about it is that doesn't have an RCA out to go to the TV so I can use my tv speakers. My only option is to use the speakers out of my...

How much would a ADC converter cost? Here's my problem...I have a getto receiver it seems that doesn't have rca out to go to my tv.

I realized I posted this in the for sale category by accident earliery...here's my question: I'm looking for a "Y" audio cable that has optical on one end and rca (left/right) on the other end. What I want to do is connect the optical out end to my a/v reciever input and have it go to my tv...

I just looked...I think what I need is optical to rca in one cable...sound right?

I was wondering if it'd be possible on a a/v reciever on one end (optical out) and have it split to a left/right audio in on the back of a tv set? So the cable I'm essentially looking for would be a "Y" cable. At the single end it'd be optical, and at the other end it'd be left/right or...

Quote: Originally Posted by atart hi, ive been looking around to get a few replacement foamies for my E4. I was considering teh Westone tips but then saw these at headroom http://www.headphone.com/products/ad...-foam-tips.php they look similar to the westone foamies, would these...

...and what is the bitrate eMusic uses for their music? I can't find it on their web page. They say it's the highest around (doesn't suprise me).

Quote: Originally Posted by davidd most online services don't use mp3, as mp3 doesn't support drm. most use wma (and aac for apple) because they support drm there are sites like blessingx mentioned that will work fine with the X5 though, and also Cowon has said they were working on...

I have an X5 and from what I understand I cannot use music downloaded from online services, such as yahoo music. Is this correct? It doesn't make sense that I wouldn't be able to download the music in MP3 format and not be able to transfer it over to my X5.

Thanks for posting those pics! Is that the grey Zcover or the black? From the website it's hard to tell the difference between the two also. Looks like grey to me. My IEM's do have a small jack so I think I would maybe have a little more luck. Well, I think I'm sold! Too bad I bought that...

Quote: Originally Posted by GuffMorgan I've got one, the silicon covering the play button doesn't bother me any because it's just as functional as it was before. My only problem is with the headphone jack, I had to cut the hole so that it was big enough for the 90 degree headphone jack I...

Anyone own one? I'm thinking about getting one...though it looks like the silicon covers the play button which kind of suck. I know you can play files using the joystick but it's easier with the play button.

Quote: Originally Posted by blessingx Dave-g do you have buffer gaps with AIFF files on the 2G? I did on a 1G so curious about the 2G? Also if you ever get another iPod why not convert your classical and jazz too (since the sound quality will be exactly the same as AIFF)? Hobs...

http://www.lossless-audio.com ??? They say their audio compression is the best version of LOSSLESS out there!

Quote: Originally Posted by kugino just do a google search for "lame mp3" and you will get a ton of sites. the different settings for LAME give different bitrates for encoding. i've been happy with standard for most recordings, but for some jazz and classical pieces i've used extreme...