Sound Quality Ranking
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Sound Quality Ranking
There are many ways to play sound in the ML system in the new LS460. I have put them in order from lowest to highest sound quality, according to my estimates. Correct me if I am incorrect on any:
AM
FM
SAT
CD
iPod connected to AUX
DVD
HDD 128 (Good)
HDD 256 (Excellent)
Thanks for your input!
AM
FM
SAT
CD
iPod connected to AUX
DVD
HDD 128 (Good)
HDD 256 (Excellent)
Thanks for your input!
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From worst to best, my list is:
AM
SAT
FM
(if you have an FM station -- and they're rare -- that puts out a high quality signal with minimal compression, it sounds much better to me than XM)
HDD 128 (Good)
HDD 256 (Excellent)
iPod -- I use Apple Lossless Encoding and take the signal output from a dock connector, thus bypassing the headphone amp
CD
DVD
AM
SAT
FM
(if you have an FM station -- and they're rare -- that puts out a high quality signal with minimal compression, it sounds much better to me than XM)
HDD 128 (Good)
HDD 256 (Excellent)
iPod -- I use Apple Lossless Encoding and take the signal output from a dock connector, thus bypassing the headphone amp
CD
DVD
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He's talking about having the output from the ipod go from the bottom, not the headphone amp.
Actually if the headphone jack is good quality, I'd think iPod could theoretically be the best. An iPod with rockbox firmware can playback lossless flac. is that not as good as dvd / cd?
Actually if the headphone jack is good quality, I'd think iPod could theoretically be the best. An iPod with rockbox firmware can playback lossless flac. is that not as good as dvd / cd?
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He's talking about having the output from the ipod go from the bottom, not the headphone amp.
Actually if the headphone jack is good quality, I'd think iPod could theoretically be the best. An iPod with rockbox firmware can playback lossless flac. is that not as good as dvd / cd?
Actually if the headphone jack is good quality, I'd think iPod could theoretically be the best. An iPod with rockbox firmware can playback lossless flac. is that not as good as dvd / cd?
I assume DVD also means DVD-A as well (vs DVD 5.1 via DD or DTS). DVD-A I think would have to be the highest quality sound.
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Whenever I see DVD talking about audio, I automatically assume DVD-A
Rockbox allows the iPod to play .flac files which are supposedly lossless as opposed to .mp3 or .wmv which are lossy.
Of course in the end, ALL the sources depend on your recorded source, but if it's a lossless recorded transfer format, then you should be better than if you used a lossy format.
Rockbox allows the iPod to play .flac files which are supposedly lossless as opposed to .mp3 or .wmv which are lossy.
Of course in the end, ALL the sources depend on your recorded source, but if it's a lossless recorded transfer format, then you should be better than if you used a lossy format.
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DVD is 24bit/96kHz wheras CD is 16bit/44kHz, so a well-recorded DVD should sound better than the same recording on CD. Assuming, of course, that they don't go crazy with the surrounds.
You always want to avoid taking the iPod signal directly from the headphone out; this adds a very cheap amplifier into the signal path. Several companies make dock connectors that allow you to power the iPod AND use the higher quality "line out" signal from the bottom of the iPod.
iPod signal quality will always depend on how you store your files. Lossless formats seem to be the best compromise for top sound with some compression of file size.
You always want to avoid taking the iPod signal directly from the headphone out; this adds a very cheap amplifier into the signal path. Several companies make dock connectors that allow you to power the iPod AND use the higher quality "line out" signal from the bottom of the iPod.
iPod signal quality will always depend on how you store your files. Lossless formats seem to be the best compromise for top sound with some compression of file size.