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[Bleedingyamato]

On October 29, 2016 at 6:44 AM, Volbet said:

Det Som Engang Var by Burzum. I found it at a local record store that had it on vinyl, so I had to buy it.

It's Varg's second album as Burzum and it's probably one of the best black metal albums of all time. 

 

Technically speaking FLAC isn't uncompressed. FLAC is actually a pretty effective compression codec.

However, FLAC is lossless.

 

This is one of the reasons people will argue WAV files sound better than FLAC, since WAV is both uncompressed and lossless. 

What does "lossless" mean?  

[Bleedingyamato]

17 hours ago, daniielrp said:

Picked up this lovely thing:

 

 

 

For the steal of £49

 

 

Awesome!    What type of switches does that have in it?

[Volbet]

5 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

What does "lossless" mean?  

That the file hasn't lost any of it's original quality. 

If you look at the waveform of a FLAC file it will be identical to the wave form of a CD.

That's not the case with an MP3 or AAC file, since they cut out certain sound frequencies to achieve a smaller file size. 

[Bleedingyamato]

3 hours ago, Volbet said:

That the file hasn't lost any of it's original quality. 

If you look at the waveform of a FLAC file it will be identical to the wave form of a CD.

That's not the case with an MP3 or AAC file, since they cut out certain sound frequencies to achieve a smaller file size. 

Does lossless make a noticeable difference?

 

If so is the difference only noticeable if you have audiophile quality speakers?

[flibberdipper]

7 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Does lossless make a noticeable difference?

 

If so is the difference only noticeable if you have audiophile quality speakers?

Some people notice it, others don't. I can notice a small difference with some songs with my headphones, but the majority of the time I hardly know.

[Bleedingyamato]

16 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Some people notice it, others don't. I can notice a small difference with some songs with my headphones, but the majority of the time I hardly know.

Not knowing if I'd experience a difference in audio quality or at least with my current speakers or headphones makes it hard for me to be sure that lossless audio files would be worth the extra storage space needed.

[arnavvr]

3 hours ago, Volbet said:

That the file hasn't lost any of it's original quality. 

If you look at the waveform of a FLAC file it will be identical to the wave form of a CD.

That's not the case with an MP3 or AAC file, since they cut out certain sound frequencies to achieve a smaller file size. 

 

Well, technically, A FLAC file, while lossless, is compressed. A WAV file, is lossless and uncompressed.

[arnavvr]

1 minute ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Not knowing if I'd experience a difference in audio quality or at least with my current speakers or headphones makes it hard for me to be sure that lossless audio files would be worth the extra storage space needed.

 

What speakers/headphones do you have?

[MrTiC]

These:

[Bleedingyamato]

58 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

What speakers/headphones do you have?

Just the speakers in my ASUS VG248QE monitor for my main desktop, a cheapie set of Logitech Z200 speakers for my secondary desktop because the monitor I use for it doesn't have built in speakers, and these for headphones:

 

https://www.amazon.com/LOGITECH-981-000536-surround-Gaming-Headset/dp/B00CQ35C1Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477869500&sr=8-1&keywords=logitech+g430+headset

 

Nothing special I know but they work well enough.

[daniielrp]

4 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Awesome!    What type of switches does that have in it?

Cherry MX Silents, which appear to be a variant of MX reds developed in partnership with Corsair. 

This is my first mech keyboard so don't know how they compare, but it feels so much better than my old keyboard with it's burning normal keys haha! 

[BenJaminL11]

BF1.. $90 Straya 

[Bleedingyamato]

51 minutes ago, daniielrp said:

Cherry MX Silents, which appear to be a variant of MX reds developed in partnership with Corsair. 

This is my first mech keyboard so don't know how they compare, but it feels so much better than my old keyboard with it's burning normal keys haha! 

I was thinking about getting a keyboard with Cherry MX Brown in it.  That seemed like the best compromise between clicky noise, tactile sensation, and actuation force.  

 

I'll have to try learning a bit about these Silent switches to see how they compare.

 

I just have some crap keyboard and mouse that came with my main desktop.  It was originally a prebuilt before I upgraded it.  I like the layout of the keyboard and extra keys for volume and other things I haven't used.  The mouse actually is fairly comfortable to use but it definitely feels cheap.  

 

I defintely want a nicer keyboard and mouse.  ?

[flibberdipper]

4 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Not knowing if I'd experience a difference in audio quality or at least with my current speakers or headphones makes it hard for me to be sure that lossless audio files would be worth the extra storage space needed.

I honestly see no reason to get FLACs over 320Kbps MP3's. 2x (or more) space for barely better audio doesn't justify it for me personally.

[Bleedingyamato]

1 hour ago, tmcclelland455 said:

I honestly see no reason to get FLACs over 320Kbps MP3's. 2x (or more) space for barely better audio doesn't justify it for me personally.

Yeah, I just get music from the iTunes music store or when I get CDs anymore I have iTunes set to thr highest bitrate on AAC.  

 

I have no idea what a bitrate is but I assume higher is better.  ?

[Volbet]

8 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Does lossless make a noticeable difference?

 

If so is the difference only noticeable if you have audiophile quality speakers?

To my knowledge it doesn't make any difference, but try it out for yoursefl: http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality

If you to have an "audiophile experience" you would track down well mastered tracks instead of lossless tracks.

 

7 hours ago, arnavvr said:

Well, technically, A FLAC file, while lossless, is compressed. A WAV file, is lossless and uncompressed.

Look at the post a bit above the one you quoted. 

[Mirdon]

An i7-4770 for $144, I forgot to take a picture of it and now I'm too lazy to take apart the cooler and re-apply the compound.

 

[SteveGrabowski0]

After the news of an HD Remaster for PC turned out to be bullshit, I had to get this for my 360 (which I hadn't even played in two years):

 

[Guest]

1070 got in just now! 

[KuJoe]

Finally arrived!  Just need to make plans to visit the data center to add the RAM and swap out the hard drive.

24GB of ECC DDR3 RAM and a 300GB 10K SAS drive.

[DildorTheDecent]

LCD-2s came today.

[Nup]

It's no 1070 or LCD-2s, but the little steam controller just got here. 

 

 

[DildorTheDecent]

26 minutes ago, Nup said:

It's no 1070 or LCD-2s, but the little steam controller just got here. 

 

 

 

Interested as to how that controller works.

[flibberdipper]

50 minutes ago, Nup said:

It's no 1070 or LCD-2s, but the little steam controller just got here. 

That controller looks more uncomfortable than an N64 controller.

[Nup]

20 hours ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Interested as to how that controller works.

Same here was never really satisfied by reviews so happy to give it a go. 

How are the headphones coming along?

20 hours ago, tmcclelland455 said:

That controller looks more uncomfortable than an N64 controller.

haha yeah :P, i have to say its a little funny in the hand, but i'm sure i'll get used to it. its not awful at least. I think there's a long learning curve to it. Anyway, ill see how it ages.