Okay..I need an APPLE lovers help - lord help me

So, what are you trying to do Rob, improve your audio resolution? ...Get a digital music server with top notch DACs inside.
iTunes is for iKids. ...And you can always update/upgrade your PC with Apple software applications (iTunes, QuickTime & all) for free; for your kids. :)

Dunno about that stuff up there (from your link) though. ...Kick ass and try it?
 
No DACS..no APPLE stuff..I just want to borrow apple to convert my 128's to 256...LOL

I may just try it...I bought a DJ collection a few years ago (legally) so I have everything from the 50's up to about 2007..evrything good that is...LOL
 
Yeah yeah.,,wise guy,,,LOL

I just want to be sure...I would feel so ...dirty...sending $25 to apple...
 
HAhahaha :rofl: Rob you do make me laugh sometimes mate.....:sneaky: Sorry but on the upsampling I cant help as the lowest resolution I have is 16/41
 
Here is my Apple Note book.

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Sorry I couldn't help :P
 
NorthStar said:
So, what are you trying to do Rob, improve your audio resolution? ...Get a digital music server with top notch DACs inside.
iTunes is for iKids. ...And you can always update/upgrade your PC with Apple software applications (iTunes, QuickTime & all) for free; for your kids. :)

Dunno about that stuff up there (from your link) though. ...Kick ass and try it?
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OK I basically agree with Bob. If you really want to move forward by a 2-bay QNAP NAS (or more if you can afford it), include two WD Red disks in, configure RAID 1 for full redundancy. Add a small UPS and a back-up disk (USB3 or better eSATA) and you are good to go on the storage side. What you need now is a good streamer. My recommendation is a Linn Akurate or Klimax.
Rip and store your music in FLAC.
Now you are in digital heaven! Both from a comfort, security and sonic perspective. If you want to go there I will help you in more detail.
I am coming from first streaming set-ups using an Airport Express with optical out to a DAC to soon upgrade to a Squeezebox and eventually end up with the fabulous Linn streamer.

Now if it is just to upgrade your iTunes collection I have a good tip too. Also exactly what I have done two years ago. Get an Itunes match account. It will cost you 25 Euro per year (in Europe). Now your complete music library will be scanned and put in the cloud in the highest (256k) quality available. This process took a whole weekend. iTunes scans your complete library and everything they have, which is the majority, you will get access to the 256kbps file even if yours was 128 and only the few songs they don't have you will upload in the cloud. I think I had the triple amount of songs in iTunes at the time so it will take less than a day for you.
A good side advantage is that you will have access to your entire iTunes collection all over the world. So if you come to Europe to a party and there is a wifi network and an AirPlay device which is mostly the case nowadays you can play music direct from your iPhone. great stuff!
 
Glareskin said:
OK I basically agree with Bob. If you really want to move forward by a 2-bay QNAP NAS (or more if you can afford it), include two WD Red disks in, configure RAID 1 for full redundancy. Add a small UPS and a back-up disk (USB3 or better eSATA) and you are good to go on the storage side. What you need now is a good streamer. My recommendation is a Linn Akurate or Klimax.
Rip and store your music in FLAC.
Now you are in digital heaven! Both from a comfort, security and sonic perspective. If you want to go there I will help you in more detail.
I am coming from first streaming set-ups using an Airport Express with optical out to a DAC to soon upgrade to a Squeezebox and eventually end up with the fabulous Linn streamer.

Now if it is just to upgrade your iTunes collection I have a good tip too. Also exactly what I have done two years ago. Get an Itunes match account. It will cost you 25 Euro per year (in Europe). Now your complete music library will be scanned and put in the cloud in the highest (256k) quality available. This process took a whole weekend. iTunes scans your complete library and everything they have, which is the majority, you will get access to the 256kbps file even if yours was 128 and only the few songs they don't have you will upload in the cloud. I think I had the triple amount of songs in iTunes at the time so it will take less than a day for you.
A good side advantage is that you will have access to your entire iTunes collection all over the world. So if you come to Europe to a party and there is a wifi network and an AirPlay device which is mostly the case nowadays you can play music direct from your iPhone. great stuff!
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An alternative to using this service is to download Mediatap app on your Mac (I don't know if there is a PC version) where you keep your iTunes and Audiotap onto your iPhone and/or iPad. The two apps work in tandem to allow you to access all your music on iTunes remotely anywhere. If the iPhone is on wifi, you get CD quality. If on 3G, you get MP3 quality. One of my favorite iPhone apps.
 
What about a subscription to Spotify or MOG? Higher resolution and a bazillion albums! Play on your phono or wherever you are.


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Thanks guys for the information (and the humor...you guys are awesome)

Here is the advantage of the ITunes match process. I can take my 10K mp3's (they allow up to 25k), turn my 128kbps to 256kbps (hey, no matter what, better is better no matter how it stands in the grand scheme). They reside in the cloud and you CAN DOWNLOAD them as usable, DRM free AAC files, which is playable on my MICROSOFT TABLETS and PC's ...So I get to have better format and still use my preferred software..

I don't want a music server (Glareskin..thank you for the offer) and I don't want to pay for any more music when I have a ton..

Anyway, will report back...just have to figure out which PC I sacrifice and put iTunes on ....oooo...uggghh...I need a shower...LOL
 
ohbythebay said:
Yeah yeah.,,wise guy,,,LOL

I just want to be sure...I would feel so ...dirty...sending $25 to apple...
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Rob, don't do it. It will put your job in jeopardy. You know that Mr. Gates has a secret room full of specially trained monkeys monitoring online forums for MS employees thinking about dropping their hard-earned money on an Apple product. That last mouse click will be your demise. :snicker:
 
I just looked at the article and it doesn't say anywhere what the files are. Are they MP3's, are they converted to Apple's AAC format? Both of these format's do go up to 256kbps but can AAC files be played on a non-Apple player? I would like to think they get converted to 256 but stay as MP3 files, but since I don't use that service I just don't know. I would stink to have them converted to 256 AAC files and then have to change them all to MP3 files.
 
I have decided to do it on my Windows 7 machine...I don't think ITunes is sophisticated enough to understand Windows 8...LOL
 
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