[Raul Montana]

I'm an I.T. person and pro photographer and I love music.

I've been lurking this forum lately and decided to join because I've learned a lot so far, and I want to learn MORE!

Here's my setup -

with a bose triport headphone (please don't kill me), I've been reading a lot here and my grado sr60 are on the way so please spare my life

I know very little about audio so I started with those speakers... I bought the iMac because of my photography and what not (i'm a pc user though!)

I used to ONLY listen to FLAC on my PC using Foobar2000 or Amarok on my Ubuntu laptop plus some tweaks and I love it, I can listen to FLAC on my MAC but it's such a hassle (because I don't know any better). So I converted my favorite artists to mp3 320

Any way, I hope to learn from here, and if you guys have any tips on how should I spend my money wisely, let me know!

Here's some of the sites that you can find out more about moi.

raulmontana’s Music Profile – Users at Last.fm
http://rmpaparazzi.com/
raulmontana on deviantART
Raul Montana (raulmontana) on Twitter
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Happy Saturday Night everyone!

 

[JMT391]

Welcome to head-fi my friend. Unfortunately, I do not know of any mac programs to use flac/ASIO etc...

Maybe you can try running bootcamp though - that way you'll get the best of both worlds. One question though - how did you have those speakers and then still manage with the bose triports?

 

[steven_1026]

I use Songbird on my macbook for FLAC, it works great.

 

[Aiml3ss]

Welcome Raul!

You came here to learn more eh? You'll learn more then your wallet wants you to learn!

Regarding your FLACs on a Mac, I would just encode them into AFLAC. Its essentially the same thing except it works in iTunes.

 

[ROBSCIX]

Welcome.

 

[jewman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aiml3ss /img/forum/go_quote.gif Welcome Raul! You came here to learn more eh? You'll learn more then your wallet wants you to learn! Regarding your FLACs on a Mac, I would just encode them into AFLAC. Its essentially the same thing except it works in iTunes.

Wait! AFLAC has been working on a lossless audio codec? I don't think that meshes well with their current business model lol. I know it's supposed to be ALAC, but I just think it's funny.

I just play my FLAC files through iTunes using the latter method described here.

 

[Aiml3ss]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jewman /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wait! AFLAC has been working on a lossless audio codec? I don't think that meshes well with their current business model lol. I know it's supposed to be ALAC, but I just think it's funny. I just play my FLAC files through iTunes using the latter method described here.

Ah man that's embarrassing!

I need some sleep. Lol.

 

[Sherwood]

Songbird and Cog are excellent FLAC players for OS X. I also recommend grabbing MAX for ripping and encoding.

Fluke also allows you to play FLAC in iTunes, if you'd like to use it and not convert your files.

iTunes for OS X is a revelation. Use it if you can.

 

[Raul Montana]

Wow, I appreciate the warming welcome from everyone!


As far as.... Quote:

Originally Posted by JMT391 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Welcome to head-fi my friend. Unfortunately, I do not know of any mac programs to use flac/ASIO etc... Maybe you can try running bootcamp though - that way you'll get the best of both worlds. One question though - how did you have those speakers and then still manage with the bose triports?

I have the M-Audio fast track guitar interface $100bux average, I can plug my headphones in the front port like this...

.... I hope that answers your question

 

[krmathis]

Hi, and welcome to Head-Fi!

Sure looks like a computer/speaker setup.

As for playing FLAC in Mac OS X you have some options.
* Fluke. Which allow iTunes to play FLAC.
* Songbird
* Play

Or simply convert them all to Apple Lossless, which are support in every part of the OS. Max will help you with that.

 

[iszatso]

Another option for playing flacs on the mac is COG.

 

[wuwhere]

Welcome, in time you will be

 

[auee]

Welcome. Since the guys provided you with all of the downloads which I know of to play FLAC files on your Mac, just remember to back up your library and music files and enjoy the music.

 

[dex85]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aiml3ss /img/forum/go_quote.gif You came here to learn more eh? You'll learn more then your wallet wants you to learn!

lol, so true

and welcome raul

 

[JMT391]

Just make sure that when you buy the headphones that you get ones that have a 3.5mm jack (or a 1/8th inch) - I know this sounds obvious but not gonna lie it took me a little while to realize the difference.