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damo_red
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21. January 2006 @ 08:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not sure if its good to post this here, if not no probs but...

Does anybody now of any good places to get hold of lossless music. MP3 is doing my head the vocals are totally lost on the mjaorty of rips behind the music.

being student i canrt afford to buy all my CDs, but i buy a lot as long as the albulm is good, but when you pay full wack for a new albulm like the dakness new albulm or the babbyshambles which in my opinon are very poor albulms its guttering.

thx in advance damo
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21. January 2006 @ 08:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Some P2P apps have albums in lossless format but not many. At the moment MP3 is the leading format.



R.I.P. 2Pac, Eazy-E, Biggie, Big L, Big Pun, Mac Dre, Aaliyah, Left Eye and all the other fallen soldiers

The best MP3 ripper around (Exact Audio Copy)
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
To make gapless audio cd's out of MP3's
http://www.chrismyden.com/040207.php
To check vital info on your MP3's download Encspot
http://www.guerillasoft.co.uk/encspot/
To get past copy protection on Audio Cd's read this
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/70597
To tag your MP3's the easy way download T&R
http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm
damo_red
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21. January 2006 @ 08:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i know, should not be MP3 sounds real bad on a proper sound system.

what p2p programs, havent used them since the days of morphious and Kazza. would rarther not touch them, full of viruses and corupt files.

do you no of any torrents or RIC channels.

i have found a few but you need an invite.........No luck as of yetr either
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21. January 2006 @ 10:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
We have a section here on P2P so you can find out more there and ask about invites. Just click here = http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/18



R.I.P. 2Pac, Eazy-E, Biggie, Big L, Big Pun, Mac Dre, Aaliyah, Left Eye and all the other fallen soldiers

The best MP3 ripper around (Exact Audio Copy)
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
To make gapless audio cd's out of MP3's
http://www.chrismyden.com/040207.php
To check vital info on your MP3's download Encspot
http://www.guerillasoft.co.uk/encspot/
To get past copy protection on Audio Cd's read this
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/70597
To tag your MP3's the easy way download T&R
http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm
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21. January 2006 @ 11:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try soul seek. its a P2P app that shares only music. the majority of it is either mp3 or that evil wma format, but you can find some mp4 and flac files. I think the reality is that simply its going to be at least a couple more years until mp3 and other lossy formats get phased out for lossless formats.

"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive" - Albert Einstein

For the best quality mp3s use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip your audio CDs and LAME to encode them. Follow this guide:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
damo_red
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21. January 2006 @ 12:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok will check that soul seek out. question has it got any spyware etc.

will continue to look for invites, it just seems people want something in exchange which i dont have...not a member of many sites.
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21. January 2006 @ 13:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no soul seek has no adware/spyware

"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive" - Albert Einstein

For the best quality mp3s use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip your audio CDs and LAME to encode them. Follow this guide:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
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21. January 2006 @ 21:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wonder how long it will be till MP3 is overtaken. I hope it isn't long as I really want a format that is lossless and gapless. Maybe FLAC will see a rise in popularity in the coming years.



R.I.P. 2Pac, Eazy-E, Biggie, Big L, Big Pun, Mac Dre, Aaliyah, Left Eye and all the other fallen soldiers

The best MP3 ripper around (Exact Audio Copy)
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
To make gapless audio cd's out of MP3's
http://www.chrismyden.com/040207.php
To check vital info on your MP3's download Encspot
http://www.guerillasoft.co.uk/encspot/
To get past copy protection on Audio Cd's read this
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/70597
To tag your MP3's the easy way download T&R
http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm
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21. January 2006 @ 23:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think it all depends on the hardware. It seems like just now all the portable mp3 and car stereo mp3 players are becoming popular, yet the mp3 format has been around for a decade already. Hopefully soon the next generation of players will start supporting newer formats such as FLAC and mp4, and then older formats like mp3 will start getting phased out...

"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive" - Albert Einstein

For the best quality mp3s use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip your audio CDs and LAME to encode them. Follow this guide:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
damo_red
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22. January 2006 @ 00:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
FLAC is what im lookig for. will get the P2P prgram today and have a go.
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22. January 2006 @ 04:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
FLAC will be excellent once it becomes popular. And with HDD increasing there will be lots of space for people to store these files



R.I.P. 2Pac, Eazy-E, Biggie, Big L, Big Pun, Mac Dre, Aaliyah, Left Eye and all the other fallen soldiers

The best MP3 ripper around (Exact Audio Copy)
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
To make gapless audio cd's out of MP3's
http://www.chrismyden.com/040207.php
To check vital info on your MP3's download Encspot
http://www.guerillasoft.co.uk/encspot/
To get past copy protection on Audio Cd's read this
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/70597
To tag your MP3's the easy way download T&R
http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm
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22. January 2006 @ 21:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I either FLAC it or I go APE. To my ears, 95% or more of the music that I encode using FLAC or Monkey's Audio formats sound noticably better than MP3 or AAC.

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23. January 2006 @ 03:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'd go with FLAC if I was you.



R.I.P. 2Pac, Eazy-E, Biggie, Big L, Big Pun, Mac Dre, Aaliyah, Left Eye and all the other fallen soldiers

The best MP3 ripper around (Exact Audio Copy)
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
To make gapless audio cd's out of MP3's
http://www.chrismyden.com/040207.php
To check vital info on your MP3's download Encspot
http://www.guerillasoft.co.uk/encspot/
To get past copy protection on Audio Cd's read this
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/70597
To tag your MP3's the easy way download T&R
http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm
damo_red
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23. January 2006 @ 04:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Tried the software out. there wasent much there in FLAC format. FLAC is my desired format,i use my PC as my sound system and i hear the differnce in flac and Mp3 everytime.

Will continue to look, i have the software to convert a WAV file from a CD to a FLAC file. i just could really do with a good place to download the files aswell, i buy a lot of music but some stuff i only download and MP3 is pathetic.

probally wrong place to ask but does any one have an invite to "oink" or somewehre where i can get hold of these files. i have asked in the correct forums but as i dont downlad much i dont have any invites to other sites and it seems people only want to trade.

Thx damo
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23. January 2006 @ 15:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you're not going to find FLAC files floating around the net. It is a relatively new and unpopular format. I've used soulseek for years, and have only come across a few FLAC albums. So don't rely on downloading for getting your FLAC files...you will have to create them yourself from your CDs.

"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive" - Albert Einstein

For the best quality mp3s use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip your audio CDs and LAME to encode them. Follow this guide:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
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