Lossless Files Vs CD's

05-28-14: Dvavc
To: Audioengr, Pokey77 and Almarg: Guys, I think i know whats going on here,;~) but I won't be jumping the guns until i see Steeven at The show and listen to his "bit perfect rip" on his server and than we'll see if somebody really need a hearing specialist or something else is going on because of somebody's involvement with the industry....

As a point of information regarding this comment, I do not now nor have I ever had any affiliation or connection with any individual or organization in the audio industry. I do not own and have never heard any of Steve's products. I am a retired EE with 33 years of experience designing and managing design of advanced digital and analog circuits for defense electronics, primarily airborne radar systems.

I also have never met or had any communication with Steve, Kijanki, or Pokey, aside from posts in threads at this forum.

Regards,
-- Al

Listening involves significant subjective judgement when it comes to sound quality.

There is no guarantee that listening alone will determine the quality of the digital source, especially if the two compared are more similar than different. Too many other factors at play.

I am a software engineer with a background in digital imaging for military applications as well and a long time audio geek. I agree with the others that assert a properly impemented lossless CD rip to file has fewer technical obstacles in its way and playback is less problematic than from an optical CD reader typically.

I can pretty much repeat what Al said but I won't bother with someone who makes ugly suggestions.

Dvavc - If you are coming to Newport show, bring a thumb flash drive with your ripped files on it. Make one FLAC and the same track wav. See you in Hilton 1001.

Thanks,
Steve N.

Dvavc

I'm not sure why you responded as you did, but know that the folks that are sharing with you are just sharing their opinions, albeit that they are also quite well informed. Two of them are EEs as they stated and I'm in real estate.

I've never been involved in any way in the audio industry and I have absolutely no connection with anyone in this thread, beyond that what you've seen on this public and anonymous forum. See my further comment below*.

If you can get to Newport, you'd do yourself a great favor. Steve, from all I've seen in these forums, is a straight-up guy. Knowledgeable and courteous. *I did shake Steve's hand at the show last year. But I can say that he'd not know me from Adam and am quite sure that he would not remember our brief encounter last year.

I will be at Newport and do plan to stop by Steve's room on Saturday sometime and can't wait to hear what he has brought to the show this year.