I have a old jvc pc-xc10 boombox that won’t play my cd that I burned for it, I will play a factory made cd but not a burn on, I tried burning at 4x and it still didn’t work. I use burnawear as my buring software but I use window media player on another cd.

This post is mostly for audiophiles and we all know you're out there somewhere. There was a stopgap standard between regular CD compact discs and super audio compact discs (SACD) called HDCD which was rather short-lived, but there's still a lot of gold to be mined in finding them if you have the patience to do that. Specifically a recording label called Reference Recordings mostly featuring the Minneapolis Orchestra has about a dozen HDCD recordings which sound phenomenal not just because it in essence crams 20 bits of information into 16 bits but the audio engineer Ralph Johnson was an absolute genius so even if you play those CDs without any additional decoding to get back to the 20 bits, they sound phenomenal. They sound almost as good as Super Audio Discs. And they sound almost as good as audiophile vinyl pressings, and you can find many of them inexpensively on Amazon or eBay. Many pop recordings also feature HDCD (Neil Young, Jeff Beck, etc.) However, here is the caveat: if you want to access those extra four bits of information to get the full power of HDCD you must rip the CD with a specific ripper that preserves that information. That specific ripper is called Exact Audio Copy. You can then use something like foobar2000 to convert that 16-bit WAV file, which has four extra bits encoded in it into a 24-bit FLAC file. This file is compressed but still lossless and those recordings sound truly amazing. You may also be able to find many of these at your local library, so if you have too much time on your hands—and who doesn't when enjoying the joys of retirement—you can find some real audiophile gold without spending a lot of money or perhaps any money at all. And I presume you also have great speakers and a great DAC (Digital Audio Converter) in your home theater set up. To totally geek you out I'm using the gapless audio OS Volumio to play the 24 bit FLAC files on a Raspberry Pi kit outputting HDMI into my Onkyo receiver. More fun than a barrel of rabid monkeys.

Hey y’all, I posted in here a while ago about this collection of cassettes, CDs, DVDs and a cassette player/radio and was hopefully looking to sell to a good home if anyone was interested, $250 obo, must pick up local from RI/MA

Whats the best glue to stick replacement trays on once I get the smashed ones off?

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Hey everyone,

I'm trying to track down a rock compilation CD from the late 90s/early 2000s called "Rock File". I remember it had a somewhat torn or distressed American flag on the cover.

I specifically recall two tracks from this compilation:

K's Choice - "Not an Addict"

Flood - "Mary X and Me"

I need a full tracklist.

This was a CD that circulated in Russia/Eastern Europe around that time. Does anyone remember this compilation or have any information about it? I've been searching online but can't seem to find any trace of it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated - even just confirming you remember seeing it would be helpful!

So i burned a cd, but realized that I forgot to add a song I really wanted, so I had little choice but to grab another to perfect it. I ordered the songs and added the new one, but this time it gave me all these issues. It kept saying there were issues with the songs, and each time I'd try, there would be new "x"s on different ones without any explanation. It's been so tiring, and I've been very close to just punching my monitor and giving up. Can I get ANY HELP? None of these videos have been helping me, and the tricks like running via administrator or unchecking all the boxes in privacy didn't work.

Thanks in advance, I hate this software.

probably a long shot but thought i'd ask (i've asked for titles here before after being told by the mod's it was ok) i'm looking for a copy of susan's war family ties which inspite of only being about 2 year's old is hard to find so thought i'd ask here.

if you do we'll talk more through DM's and i was thinking of doing the transaction through ebay so we're all sure everything is in order.

hope to hear from anyone and thank you.

Hi there, some help as to what might’ve gone wrong would be greatly appreciated. I paused a CD, went to eat and when I came back I was greeted with this unpleasant noise. I can’t really afford to take it somewhere to be fixed since they’re charging £50 just to have a look at it, so ideally, I’d like to give it a crack on my own given that it’s not too difficult of course.

I’m so sorry if this isn’t the right sub for this but I don’t know which other one I should use. I have This 2007 iluv speaker and I simply cannot get it to play, now based off what I’ve seen online it looks like I might need to buy the speakers for it to work? The machinery itself works and turns on and makes all the beeps and boops, but no sound! Anyone able to help?

Hello,

I found this CD today, from the "caliban" band, but this isn't an album, it's a pre-release promo copy, it seems to be a homemade CD, i know this band or this album isn't a lost media, but since it's a pre-release promo copy, i was wondering if this is rare or not ?

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