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Coops · 06-14-2009, 10:02 AM

If you haven't left already and still have your music CD's, you might want to consider using Exact Audio Copy at ( http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ ) to rip your music into the FLAC format.

Unlike mp3 (or sony atrac, or the apple or msoft verions) this is a LOSSLESS compression format - like a zip file for audio. In other words, you do not lose any data at all when you rip to this, unlike mp3. It gives you a larger file size, but still decently smaller than the native wav file - and a decent 'mp3' player will also play this format directly (it's an open source format, widely supported. There are also lossless compression formats by Apple and others).

I have a Sonos system at home - so keep all my music in FLAC on my home desktop and stream that to my living room.

I use Media Monkey as my mp3 player and it can also play FLAC, but i use it to block convert all my FLAC to mp3 for me to take with me on my laptop and portable player.

Foobar is another useful tool/player for conversions....
Recommend looking at Sonos when you get to the US.

06-14-2009, 10:02 AM	#22
Coops Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 77756 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Kindle Oasis, Sony T3 backup	If you haven't left already and still have your music CD's, you might want to consider using Exact Audio Copy at ( http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ ) to rip your music into the FLAC format. Unlike mp3 (or sony atrac, or the apple or msoft verions) this is a LOSSLESS compression format - like a zip file for audio. In other words, you do not lose any data at all when you rip to this, unlike mp3. It gives you a larger file size, but still decently smaller than the native wav file - and a decent 'mp3' player will also play this format directly (it's an open source format, widely supported. There are also lossless compression formats by Apple and others). I have a Sonos system at home - so keep all my music in FLAC on my home desktop and stream that to my living room. I use Media Monkey as my mp3 player and it can also play FLAC, but i use it to block convert all my FLAC to mp3 for me to take with me on my laptop and portable player. Foobar is another useful tool/player for conversions.... Recommend looking at Sonos when you get to the US.