However I doubt you'll find many such files being offered as music downloads - figure it's more likely for them to be a result of someone clicking the wrong option in a conversion utility. Maybe I better rethink this before ripping the rest? I'm probably about a quarter of the way through a couple thousand CDs.įWIW wav files are similar to aiff in that both are container formats, and can potentially contain something other than uncompressed PCM data. Does anyone know if there really is any advantage of ALAC over AIFF other than file size? I believe Chris recommended ripping to a noncompressed form for playback, and a lossless compressed form for backup - although I believe he was using WAV and FLAC. Its splitting hairs, admittedly, but those were my reasons. I ripped everything to AIFF, reasoning that, 1) memory is cheap - the need for compression is minimized, and lossless only saves you about 50% anyway 2) converting a compressed file to a native bitstream has to involve more processing, hence more opportunities for error and 3) increased processing must generate more electrical noise, which can't be a good thing.
MiND will not support any other type of AIFF file.
Converting a lossless file from one format to another will be transparent and should not create any sound difference at all since the MiND streamer will output exactly the same PCM data to the DAC as you heard. Converting files from AIFF to ALAC is good way to create a new "cleaner" format. It will be available in a future MiND App update during Q1 in 2013. Simaudio is currently working to make the MiND compatible with the AIFF file format that iTunes creates (AIFF-C/sowt).
There are different formats for AIFF files - compressed and uncompressed - but the file-name extension alone won't allow you to differentiate them. Since I have ripped everything to AIFF, this gave me some pause:Ī: AIFF format is not straighforward and we don't recommend using it.
I was researching the new Simaudio Moon Mind streamer, which seems like a nice product, and ran across this in the FAQ section.
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