Abovetheair
100+ Head-Fier
Currently I am converting my music collection (80 gigabites FLAC) to a source that can be synced to my ipod. The first go around I used MAX and converted all to 320 kb MP3 files, when I listened to the files the beginning of the song had a hiss in it. I would compare this hiss to the hiss you would hear when playing a record from the 50's or 60's. I was disapointed that it didn't sound good to me (I tested it on both my ipod and my computer and both had the same problem, different artists and songs). I deleted all the MP3 files and started towards a apple's FLAC alternative called AIFF, after reading that AIFF provided higher quality than the MP3. After around 10 hours of converting I tested the songs again to find that the same hissing sound was this. I was on the verge of and still might be buying a Cowan and get rid of my ipod.
So here's my question, what is causing this hissing song. What program can prevent this from happening to my music.
EDIT: After some fiddling around with the settings on MAX I have removed the hissing. MAX was set to go for bitrate and not quality. With the bitrate option turned on the music was only 60% of the quality. I changed this to 100% along with the audio being turned to stereo instead of mono. Once I listened to it again I am completely satisfied, now I can listen to my music without getting a headache from the hissing. A special thanks to: poikkeus. If it were not for this community I do not know how I would go about things, thanks head-fi.
Thanks in advance,
Abovetheair
So here's my question, what is causing this hissing song. What program can prevent this from happening to my music.
EDIT: After some fiddling around with the settings on MAX I have removed the hissing. MAX was set to go for bitrate and not quality. With the bitrate option turned on the music was only 60% of the quality. I changed this to 100% along with the audio being turned to stereo instead of mono. Once I listened to it again I am completely satisfied, now I can listen to my music without getting a headache from the hissing. A special thanks to: poikkeus. If it were not for this community I do not know how I would go about things, thanks head-fi.
Thanks in advance,
Abovetheair