[Morbideath]

here , try this 24/96 Vinyl Rip version of Abbey Road (Original UK Pressing) , let me know how it sounds , guy who ripped this is considered the best ripper on the planet

@Morbideath is also a huge fan of this vinyl ripper wizard.....

http://www.filefactory.com/file/41zfseo5xt1h/

pw (to unzip the file) : b0nn13mCmurr@y

He's the One! If he ever gets into classical I would give out my firstborn!

 

[Mindstorms]

to whoever can help..

I am not a tech kind of person at all (at least not in the area of computers).

I have Mac only. I am trying to follow these instructions but somehow it's just not working and I have no idea why..
I desperately want to have .dmg versions of Solis 3.01 and Jupiter 3.01 for Mac (the firmwares that don't require any pre-requisite FW to be installed).

Is there anyone out there who finds this kind of stuff easy who could create .dmg versions of those two FW's and provide a link for me? I can provide original .exe files if required.
I always try to help out others on other threads where I'm more knowledgeable, and really hoping someone can help me out here

just burrow a pc from a friend its easyer than having to deal with the driver issues

 

[Hellraiser86]

Before these walkman and before I discovered head-fi. I was a member in the now defunct Anything but iPod forum. People swore by APE (Monkey's Audio) and flac.

Seems like APE went dead or is no longer popular (if I remember its license was not fully open like flac). I tried it for a while (compressed even more than flac) it was very CPU intensive in bot encode and decode. Resulting in VLC freezing and so on, I ditched for flac.

So I remember a few lossless codecs

* APE - resource hog but saves more space than flac
* WavPack got a few albums in this format. Immediately made the files to wav and then flac
* FLAC - probably the most popular and widely used
^ ALAC - Apple's lossless cousin of flac, doesn't compress as space saving a flac, also saved in same mp3 container as AAC
^ WMA-Lossless - never tried it but reportedly only capable to 24/96, no longer given support by MS.

The only I have tried (left least space saving and right most most space saving)

WAV > ALAC > FLAC > APE

There is also AIFF which is the same as Wav but with Metadata

 

[Hellraiser86]

here , try this 24/96 Vinyl Rip version of Abbey Road (Original UK Pressing) , let me know how it sounds , guy who ripped this is considered the best ripper on the planet

@Morbideath is also a huge fan of this vinyl ripper wizard.....

http://www.filefactory.com/file/41zfseo5xt1h/

pw (to unzip the file) : b0nn13mCmurr@y

THX. I am really excited and will try it tomorrow

 

[Vitaly2017]

There is also AIFF which is the same as Wav but with Metadata

Is aiff same thing as a wav but with album arts and all the tags?

 

[gerelmx1986]

Maybe it's because I used Sony Sound Forge to convert wav to flac? Let me try using dbpoweramp.

Same result using powerdbamp.

In dbpoweramp try installing the codec Calculate Audio CRC and run it on the two wav files if both MD5 and CRC hashes are equal then audio stream is identical

 

[nc8000]

Is aiff same thing as a wav but with album arts and all the tags?

Aiff is an uncompressed format just like wav but it supports tagging like flac

 

[endlesswaves]

In dbpoweramp try installing the codec Calculate Audio CRC and run it on the two wav files if both MD5 and CRC are equal then audio stream is identical

Was curious. Not that curious anymore. Will try when not so lethargic due to being confined at home. Thanks anyway, will keep it in mind.

 

[gerelmx1986]

I tried a 24/352.8 file aprox 3 minutes in length 220MB in wav

FLAC level 8 is pointless as it is 1MB less than flac 5 (131.03MB)
Ape High (max sony supports for ape (120MB, eleven MB less than flac 5) this figure didn't change in extra high nor insane compression for ape (only ****ing slow encoding times).

So flac level 5 is fine

 

[Hellraiser86]

Is aiff same thing as a wav but with album arts and all the tags?

Yes

 

[515164]

I tried a 24/352.8 file aprox 3 minutes in length 220MB in wav

FLAC level 8 is pointless as it is 1MB less than flac 5 (131.03MB)
Ape High (max sony supports for ape (120MB, eleven MB less than flac 5) this figure didn't change in extra high nor insane compression for ape (only ****ing slow encoding times).

So flac level 5 is fine

But technically, it shouldn't matter if you choose 5 or 8, as the result is the same anyway.

 

[kiling92]

why can i no longer download the customized firmware for the wm1a? google drive tells me "access denied"..someone maybe can help me please?

 

[Layman1]

ok, quick question:

I'm using a Mac (of the older Mojave OS).
I've got a .dmg file for the modded FW for WM1Z.

Now, what do I actually do with it in order to change my WM1Z into using this new FW mod?
All help appreciated

 

[Lookout57]

ok, quick question:

I'm using a Mac (of the older Mojave OS).
I've got a .dmg file for the modded FW for WM1Z.

Now, what do I actually do with it in order to change my WM1Z into using this new FW mod?
All help appreciated

Double click it to install. Just don't connect your WM1Z until it tells you.

 

[Layman1]

Sorry, a couple more questions (for anyone):

1) Is Solis 3.01 suitable for use with an unmodded WM1Z? Or should I stick with Jupiter 3.01?
I'd read that WM1Z is equivalent to a modded WM1A, but I'm not sure what Tier of FW is appropriate to use with an unmodded WM1Z. Anyone know?

[Edited: I've searched the thread again and found comparisons of Solis 3.01 vs Jupiter 3.01, so I don't need help with that now]