Are there any Ipod-like devices that will play 24/96 FLAC?
Don McCorleone
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Are there any Ipod-like devices that will play 24/96 FLAC?
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You're going to struggle with 24/96 files. Just too big for a portable.
These guys do a flac player http://www.cowonglobal.com/product_w...uct_page_5.php
Chris
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If roxbox firmware loads onto the digital audio player of your choice, you'll get FLAC but not necessarily at 24/96.
The makers of Little Dot haedphone amps have this device in the pipe line:
http://www.littledot.net/forum/viewt...0eeac817e6e096
With an ARM processor and up to 32GD SD I would have thought this has the potential to play 24/96 files. But I don't suppose it will be cheap.
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Didn't headfi or the other headphone forum come up with something that played flacs ... Not sure if high Rez though... It did look quite cool though I seem to remember that it was modular so bits could be upgraded or something...
Why do you want portable high rez?
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Don McCorleone
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No particular reason.I hadn't seen anything about so wondered if anyone else had.What about car head units then?
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I expect naim/bently ones do
although I don't know what head units they use... It would be a bit daft If they went to all that expense but couldn't
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Don McCorleone
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I would be interested in a FLAC compatible car head unit.I'd have thought there would be a potential market there.
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For a cheap in-car solution, try a Sansa Fuze connected to an auxiliary input on a standard head unit.
The Fuze can be Rockboxed and plays FLAC (but not hi-res) very well indeed. I love mine.
Not a huge choice when it comes to portable FLAC players (I don't know of any that will do 24/96), but my favourite is still the Iriver H120 or H140. Getting on a bit now (and not the smallest), but has optical input and output (oh yes!) and can record direct to WAV or MP3 via line or microphone inputs. One of those beauties into a portable DAC/T-Amp combo would give you one hell of a moveable box of tunes...
Martin
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Don McCorleone
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Cheers Martin I'll have a look
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My Cowon iAudio X5L with Rockbox plays 24/96 FLAC fine. My old M5L wouldn't, properly - it takes a half-decent processor to handle on-the-fly FLAC decoding. A lot of the old machines that Rockbox loads on to may not be up to the job, so if you're going the Rockbox route (and it's great firmware) be careful about your hardware choice
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