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  1. That Harman recommends this type of thing makes perfect makes sense. It's a sales piece for their products. The above listening methods are designed to steer you into the more "analytical, cool, laboratory, clinical" side of audio as a method of prefered listening tastes. If they can get you there from a listening standpoint, you are then more likely to buy brands like Revel and Mark Levinson because they appeal to that type of listener. Given that Harman owns both of those brands, this type of sales approach makes sense. For them, at least.
  2. I've set up hundreds of audio systems over the years; from entry level to ultra high end. During this time, the topic of equipment reviews has come up quite often. My advice has always been the same. I encourage people to stop reading reviews alltogether. That may come as a suprise, but the people that do manage to stop relying on magazines almost always end up with better sounding systems.
  3. I have not been using my computer that long for audio but with regards to ripping, it seems like most people use eac to get the best quality. I'm not saying that it is better; I would just like to know why you did not choose it. I am using eac for ripping and have to admit that it is not the most user friendly program out there. Even with a very good, detailed setup guide I found online, it still is a real pain to use. Also, with the comment in one of the posts about not having a composer field, why not just creat a composer field and/or collum, then go and select all the music with the same composer (Beethoven was the example) and update all the tags for that composer at once? It sould be a relitivly quick process.
  4. If you have a Mac or Linux you should not have to do anything. Windows is completely different and you should defrag and antivirus ect. but with your OS, really not necessary. I used to use Macs and they like to be restarted every so often (mabye 1 or 2 days) or depending on how much you use it. They do seem to run a little quicker right after a restart. Also, you can partition and reformat a part of your hard drive and use it just for your music collection. That way, when the OS does all the things it needs to do with the HD to function, It won't be able to get near your music files and have the opportunity to fragment as it would under normal conditions.
  5. The reason I asked about windows is to try a small, very useful program called Medieval Cue Splitter. For the problem you are having it won't help because you need a cue sheet but if you can run it under wine, it may be of help in the future. Even if the files are alread broken up, using the cue sheet and running it through the splitter makes everything work. (I'm sure there is an underlining cause and explination for a lot of problems but sometimes just trying a few, random fixes, is much easier than less time consuming than troubleshooting it "the right way".) For your problem, I would burn the problem files to a RW cd and re rip it. That will probably do it and you can do a whole cd at one time instead of just 1 song. Also, espically with linux, don't just rely on one app to do things; the software is free anyway. Linux is a great OS but it can be very frustrating if you are a new user. You always seem to get hung up on some little thing that makes no sense, like permissions & passwords, not having access to your drives because you forgot to mount them, program crashes ect. The reason that I am going on about all this other stuff is that problems go deeper than what they sometimes appear to be. I know, for me, it was very frustrating to learn all this. You may know all this already so I apologize for going on. If not, and you are willing to take a few minutes, try this: If you are not using synaptic package manager, download & install it. Use that to uninstall and reinstall Audacious (and any other software that is giving you problems). For me, synaptic fixed a ton of problems. Same thing for your file manager. I use KDE and they give you dolphin. I like it but you may have one that is not as good so it dosen't hurt to have a 2nd option. Lastly, for audio, install Deadbeef and Quod Libet. The first is very similiar to Audacious and has a lot of playback and customizable features. The second is excellent for tagging even if you don't use it as a player. I hope this info can help you out.
  6. You are talking about spending a lot of money on components you have never heard. I deal with a that you have probably heard of; The Cable Company/Ultra Systems. They have a loaner program where they take 5% of the retail price of the items they send you. They will send you a box with whatever you want to hear and keep it for about 2 weeks. The 5% is not refundable. They do, however, apply it to something you buy and it can go towards anything you want, not just what they send you. This way, you don't loose any money. It may sound like a pain, but I do it all the time and they make the whole process very easy and trouble free. I strongly recommend doing something like that so you don't have to guess and spend. (www.fatwyre.com) These guys are very knowlegable and are extremely honest and reputable. They are, by far, the best dealer I have ever use.
  7. Are you using linux or do they make Audacious for other OS's as well. If you are using linux, do you have a windows pc? Also, do you have que sheets or just the individual songs and nothing else?
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    Deadbeef

    I was hoping that someone knows where I can find some info on how to set up and use Deadbeef for linux. I have been looking around but can find very little info. People compare it to Foobar but from what I can see they are nothing alike. The main issue that I am having is how to set up a library. The way deadbeef works for me is very similar to Audacious in that you basically add music to a playlist from the file manager. I have been using foobar for the last few years and I really like panned browsing and see no options like that in deadbeef. I must be going wrong somewhere. Thanks in advance for any help.
  9. DavidL has a good option with sub categories. I have done this myself with good results. You may want to experiment with a few other options. I like panned browsing because you can just keep narrowing down your search until you get what you want. Also, file browsing can be very useful. It is just a replica of what ever file system your computer uses. I find it the most useful way to find things before they are properly tagged. Other than that, I feel that itunes is good but very limited. It is really hard to find a good music player. For your mac, you may want to try Songbird. I used it when I have a mac and found it to be a nice upgrade. It has a lot of features and it supports the very popular flac format and gapless playback. I hope this helps.
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    Music Tagging

    I was wondering if anyone knows of a really good tutorial or manual for tagging audio files. I have been using foobar in windows7 for the last couple of years. I like foobar very much but the only problem is that it is the only reason I have windows installed on my machine. Normally I am in linux for everything else. A lot of time, when I tag music in one program, the tags do not always hold for when I use other media players. Just to clarify, if I tag something in foobar, it will work in foobar but the tags may or may not work in other media players. Something tells me that nothing is really wrong with the software but mistakes I am making. Mostly, I use flac and sometimes mp-3. If the music is in another format, I convert it. Thanks, in advance for any help anyone can give me.
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