Apple Music Download>iTunes>Airport Express (wi-fi to S/PDIF 16/44.1 output)>Sony TA-E9000ES optical S/PDIF input.24/96 FLAC Download>Foobar2000>Creative Sound Blaster X-FI HD (for usb to S/PDIF conversion at 24/96)>TA-E9000ES optical S/PDIF input.24/96 FLAC Download>Foobar2000>OPPO-205 DAC up sampling to 24/192>Sony TA-E9000ES analog input.LP>Technics SL-1210GR/Shure V15V (SAS)>Sony TA-E9000ES Pre-Pro Phono Preamplifier input.Playing these, nine ways to Sunday as listed below, I had hoped the experimentation would determine what medium sounded best. The experiment was performed with Classic Hauser, a high dynamic range recording, on LP, CD, 24/96 FLAC Download, and Apple Music Download. If APPLE wants to salvage anything, save the iTunes format and an iPod like device to play the music, as it's truly one of the best things that they ever created, in my opinion.Ĭlick to expand.I recently performed an experiment to see if I could discern what means to recorded music was overall preferable. Meanwhile, I would have found the artist, song, album or whatever in twenty seconds or less on an iPod and even less on my computer. It's always something like "well they have this album or this song by that artist". Internet dropout, album isn't there or lousy sound in general. Every time that I go over to my friends house, who brags endlessly about his streaming capabilities (Bluenode or whatever new gizmo that he spends thousands on?) and I'll say "play me so and so artist" and something always goes wrong. I give that same stare right back at them when they say that they stream music via something like "Spotify". They will NEVER understand the time and effort that guys like us have taken with our libraries. You mention iPods or iTunes to most people and they just give you the "deer in the headlights" stare. Thank you for writing this, as it explains my nearly daily routine adding songs to my iTunes library, since iTunes was introduced. The iPod should transfer music 3-4 times faster using this method if you have Rockbox installed as compared to just using the iPod with iTunes only and no Rockbox. This works but needs to be done each time you add music to insure you don't have any skipping, freeze ups, etc.
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You will see it as a USB disk drive and copy/paste your music to the music folder or tree structure you are using on the iPod for Rockbox.Īfter either workaround, reboot back to Rockbox (hold the menu and middle button for 5 seconds) and update the database as normal after Rockbox boots up. Exit iTunes if you have it up for any reason. Hold the Menu and middle button for 5 seconds and immediately when it start to boot release both buttons then hold the middle button and play for a few seconds. The other workaround is to put the iPod in disk mode when it boots up. You can copy and paste to your music folder in the iPod now. You should be able to see your iPod like a USB disk drive. When it starts to boot lock the hold switch and it will boot into iTunes. The first workaround is to boot your Rockbox iPod into iTunes by holding the menu and button for about 5 seconds. There are a couple of workarounds for this if you have that issue that will address the problem and are good practice. There are specific instructions at the iFlash site here -> Prepare SDXC (ExFat) for use with the iPod – iFlash.xyzĪlso, for those of you putting Rockbox on your new larger iPods even after completing the MicroSD card rebuild you may experience song skipping when transferring music when booted directly into and syncing with Rockbox. This will address potential freeze ups, skipping and other issues you may encounter. Remember, we are talking about 15 year old technology and iTunes expects it to be in Fat32 format. Most of the larger MicroSD cards come in exFat format. Secondly, follow the iFlash recommendations and rebuild the Master boot record, delete and re-create the partition on the MicroSD card in Fat32 format. I have been asked quite a lot lately about using the iFlash and the MicroSD card combo.įor those of you putting MicroSD cards in your iPods with iFlash adapters, I would strongly recommend you thoroughly test the MicroSD first with H2Testw to make sure there aren't any issues with the card or it isn't a fake.