[mdlug] Audio computer

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Garry Stahl

> Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> >  Ideally the stereo will have a digital connection
> 
> Ideally, is not the case.  The amp is a 1995 model. 

 No worries, mine's from 1996 I think. My wife (then, my girlfriend) bought
me a nice stereo for my birthday, and we're still using it. It's got a
Dolby decoder (analog) so it's our home theater sound system now. I said I
wasn't an audiophile. :->

> Encoding is not in the cards, just ripping.  While my factory damaged
> ears cannot tell mp3 from wav I don't want to degrade my primary source
> of music.

 Well, I *did* point you to abcde, which can use FLAC
(http://flac.sourceforge.net/), an open-source lossless audio codec with
broad support. It compresses sound by 30-50%, as I understand, with no data
loss. Think of it as gzip optimized for sound. Another interesting lossless
codec is wavpack:

 http://www.wavpack.com/

 I like the idea he's come up with there of a small lossy file of reasonable
quality, plus a large 'corrections' file that, when combined with the lossy
file, results in full lossless recovery. That makes a good deal of sense. Use
the lossy one when space is at a premium, and archive both files for
safekeeping.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                      (313) 227-2317

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