Sony portable CD players with MP3 and ATRAC support |
Sony portable CD players with MP3 and ATRAC support |
 Aug 18 2006, 13:34
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 Group: Members Posts: 3620 Joined: 14-May 03 From: Bad Herrenalb Member No.: 6613  |
Hi!
I know that Sony MD units decode ATRAC files without gaps - does the same apply to their portable CD players? Also, are MP3s decoded properly or does Sony apply certain EQ settings to make the tracks sound worse? Regards, Sebastian -------------------- http://listening-tests.hydrogenaudio.org/sebastian/
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Aug 18 2006, 23:07
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 Group: Members (Donating) Posts: 676 Joined: 5-June 02 From: New York Member No.: 2224 |
By the way, the only Sony players I've been able to verify as being gapless were MiniDisc and their early 128MB flash players. Their CD players, HDD players, and modern flash players (NW-E4**, etc) that I've owned or tried out have NOT been gapless, even with ATRAC.
Even if they were gapless with ATRAC3/ATRAC3plus, I'm not sure you'd want to go that route. SonicStage is a royal pain, even version 4.0, and ATRAC's performance is just as disappointing as it was when I, Guru, and a few other people tested it 2 or 3 years ago. Try the castanets, trumpets, or “waiting” sample at 256 or even 352kbps - very strange performance for such a high bitrate. |
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Aug 31 2006, 22:02
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Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 28-August 06 Member No.: 34552 |
QUOTE (Cygnus X1 @ Aug 18 2006, 18:07)  By the way, the only Sony players I've been able to verify as being gapless were MiniDisc and their early 128MB flash players. Their CD players, HDD players, and modern flash players (NW-E4**, etc) that I've owned or tried out have NOT been gapless, even with ATRAC. I have an MZ-RH910 sony MD player, an NW-HD3 sony 20 GB HDD player, and an NW-E507 1GB flash player and all 3 play gapless with ATRAC. The issue may have been as I stated in another post - how the tracks were imported into the library. Sadly, these are the only portable gapless options at this point.  Hopefully this will change.
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Sebastian Mares Sony portable CD players with MP3 and ATRAC support Aug 18 2006, 13:34
edwardar QUOTE (Sebastian Mares @ Aug 18 2006, 13... Aug 18 2006, 14:06 Egor QUOTE (Sebastian Mares @ Aug 18 2006, 19... Aug 18 2006, 15:32 Sebastian Mares Well, I already have an MP3 player - the iRiver IM... Aug 18 2006, 16:04 nyaochi I don't own any Sony players, but saw a number... Aug 18 2006, 16:39 Sebastian Mares I already tried using --nogap, but it seems that m... Aug 18 2006, 16:48 Cygnus X1 I owned a Sony ATRAC3plus/MP3 CD player about 3 ye... Aug 18 2006, 17:44 Sebastian Mares OK, no new player then. I might try one when I am... Aug 18 2006, 22:50
grenert QUOTE (Cygnus X1 @ Aug 18 2006, 14:07) By... Aug 29 2006, 21:47
maggior As has been brought up, how the files are encoded ... Aug 31 2006, 21:49 Mike Giacomelli QUOTE (maggior @ Aug 31 2006, 14:02) QUOT... Aug 31 2006, 22:43 Sebastian Mares Well, I have some experience with ATRAC since I us... Aug 18 2006, 23:10 Cygnus X1 I've owned a Hi-MD recorder for a while now, b... Aug 18 2006, 23:16 Sebastian Mares Most annoying is when listening to Pink Floyd or J... Aug 19 2006, 00:02 Jebus Lame's --nogap doesn't work/do anything us... Aug 19 2006, 00:52 Sebastian Mares What exactly does it do anyways? Does it move the ... Aug 19 2006, 08:43 nyaochi IIRC, LAME's --nogap option is like encoding t... Aug 19 2006, 12:52 sapibobo I have ATRAC CD Player D-NE20 and it supports gapl... Aug 20 2006, 20:24 vinnie97 QUOTE Sadly, these are the only portable gapless o... Aug 31 2006, 22:08 maggior But none of the options mentioned are 1)native (re... Sep 1 2006, 02:00 vinnie97 How many years have you been waiting for such a de... Sep 1 2006, 06:25 pika2000 QUOTE (Sebastian Mares @ Aug 18 2006, 05... Sep 1 2006, 07:38 |
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