Shackleton Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 I can not get a cd imported into iTunes in Lossless format to play on the 4K NEX Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spankey Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 I don't believe NEX plays ALAC. Try to convert the songs back to Flac. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shackleton Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Ok I assumed FLAC was the same thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rwilimo Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 All of my music is ripped in Apple lossless and plays off my iPod just fine, I don't know what quality it actually plays but it does play... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shackleton Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Thats great but we are talking about getting apple lossless to play on the pioneer nex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Multitask Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 What medium are you playing it from? ipod, SD etc? If it's an ipod it should play just fine as the ipod is converting it a plain audio, if it's SD etc, then I can understand why as I doubt any HU can convert it... if so, then just convert to something else like flac or just plain ol mp3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shackleton Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 I was trying to play from sd but no go, all my stuff is mp3 anyway I just wanted to compare the two Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spankey Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Yes , the HU can play flac natively from an SD but not alac. I'd be interested to hear if there is a worthwhile audible difference with higher bitrate aac or mp3. 250kbps aac sounds better than my iphone when played from usb on my kenwood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shackleton Posted June 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 WIll iTunes import a cd in FLAC? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spankey Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Nope. iTunes uses ALAC for lossless. If you have Flac files you have to use a converter to import them into iTunes. I use FlacTunes, available from the App Store. If you have tunes in ALAC, the best workaround I have right now is to export the music using Playlist Export (app) and then use XLD (app) to convert ALAC to FLAC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shackleton Posted June 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 I dont have any FLAC files anyway. Im not going to bother with FLAC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
transparent Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Beyond audio bitrates, I find there is a difference between listening to low quality .mp3 (even if ripped at 320 which is the new max that iTunes will do) and listening to FLAC if you have a quality setup. I'm running Focal mids and tweets with a JL amp and 12" JL sub. I can diffentitely hear the difference. I ripped all of my music to Apple Lossless (Apple's proprietary FLAC) for my iPod Classic and straight FLAC for my USB flash drive. Alot of people debate this, but in my experience there's a difference. If you want a good converter check out dBpowerAmp. I rarely buy software, but their software is truly top notch, especially for batch conversion. I use it all the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spankey Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I hear a notable difference. Even more so because the audio is being processed by the head unit. It took some time but I have a 128GB flash drive filled with my favorite albums after converting my ALAC back to FLAC. Beats carrying CD's around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhren Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Thats great but we are talking about getting apple lossless to play on the pioneer nex Get and connect an iPod. I believe iPhones support apple lossless, too. Other phones may support ALAC with a media player app, but not sure about the NEX supporting the playback via the app through USB. Using other forms of media storage (flash drive, hard drive, SD, CD, DVD), you'll have to convert to FLAC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shackleton Posted August 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I'm using a 32g sd card not a ipod Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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