Does backing up music to the A80 degrade the audio quality in any way?
784093
I have more than 100 GB of music downloaded on it and the quality is just fine
784094
It's just another hard drive similar to the one you have in your computer, so no it won't degrade quality.
1060450
Truthfully, it doesn't actually matter. My personal philosophy is the bigger the better, so that as you turn it up you are not stressing the speakers, and there is less distortion. Hope that helps!
96706
Its like a thumb drive - I just identified music or other files and copied them over to the COWON. Since I had more music than the device would hold I was able to specify that the music be down converted to a coarser resolution.
78101
I would go with DAC unless you're interested in more clear lossless formats like FLAC.
843192
No it doesn't, the sound quality remains unaffected in every given way for me. No problems whatsoever.
649239
Regarding question (1) : it does not degrade quality over time. Or with large files. Be certain to have anything to help cool down the hard drive, tho. If you mean degrading material quality, does not. I have one for over a 1.5 years and no problems whatsoever. On question (2), you cannot add commentary directly. But using a mixer (or a computer) and a microphone, you can. You may need some additional cabling, but it's totally possible. With the mixer solution, you can be certain about volume levels before post producing the videos.
2112417
I don't think it will. It's less than six months old and it will not play clean sounds anymore, just distortion no matter what setting. I play solo, pretty low volume as well, this is disappointing to me.
2171953
I haven't noticed loss of volume or quality. If there is any it must be very, very small.
10317
Hi Terry, There are no audio outputs on the A-800 (it doesn't produce any audio signals). The options are USB (I use it for the soft synths in my DAW as well as other DAW control/functions) and/or MIDI in/out for control of other MIDI instruments. Hope this helps!
601975
Absolutely, I have a variety of folders set up (example soft rock, Jimmy Buffet, Instrumentals, etc. I have them on a 16 Gig micro SD card. There is a button to skip folders and buttons to skip songs.... Sound is great for its size
194975
It totally depends on the unit. Mine won't play back audio without crackles here and there but others don't have that issue. A bit of a crap shoot unfortunately. I still use a different interface for recording for what that's worth.
1553420
That sounds good. I am in the process of reripping the CDs that are WMA's - I knew the Ipod wouldn't play them, and I was worried about the sound quality with converted files. Thanks for the reply!
2046283
I always transfer the file to a computer and listen from there. I've never had any problem with feedback noise.
1405161
Yes, depending on the source of the audio you are listening to. Most built in soundcards in laptops cannot surpass anything above CD quality. If you have the right source, this supports audio in the ranges of DVD Audio, SACD, and 24bit 96KHz vinyl rips.
939313
BTW, I'm not completely sure how much of a difference there will be with MP3's. To really get the best quality sound i would recommend FLAC files. Particularly while listening through a high quality signal chain there is a MASSIVE quality difference between any MP3 and FLAC (basically akin to the difference between SD and HD tv - so for you it would be like watching an SD signal through an HD tv - not much of an improvement). Most people just can't tell the difference because their speakers and/or DAC are poor.
1615385
I have not notice a decrease in audio. If anything it would be less than 10%
846860
Yes. You can select Merge (as opposed to overwrite or append) as a recording option - which is effectively overdubbing the original stereo (2-ch) recording with another. Makes it destructive though, in that sense. HTH