pioneer plays WAV files thru usb

[raverx3m 10+ year member]

so since nobody is supporting FLAC and apple lossless is only available thru ipod, i went around and checked the headunits for supported formats.

i have a thumbdrive with a track encoded in 8 formats to see which one support what.

most of the units only see mp3

AAC highest encoding setting is not able to read on any units.

the good news is

most pioneer units to play WAV files

for those of us who have their library in FLAC format

its alot faster to uncompress a flac or MP3 file into WAV than to recode it to another compressed format.

the downfall is the memory space it needs but with 64GB thumb drives i dont think itsa problem anymore.

i have a 32gb thumb drive now and had a 60gb 2.5 hard drive hooked up to my kenwood and it worked fine.

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[raverx3m 10+ year member]

dnx-6140 also supports WAV.

but most of the single din kenwoods dont.

same with apple lossless. soem show it but skip because they cant read it.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

I can't hear the difference between FLAC and 192kbps.

Guess I'm just deaf.

dum dee dee dum dum dum.

 

[raverx3m 10+ year member]

depends on the songs u listen to and the speakers mang. with good equipment and recording you dont just hear you feel the difference also.

just for reference

if you using yoru headunit to power the speakers then you wont hear any because headunit cuts off at 16khz

line out goes from 20-20khz

i dont even mention factory stereos with their built in DPSs to "fake" the quality sound.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Oh, trust me... I know a quality system. I've owned and installed my fair share.

But at 60mph with the windows down and the volume up... doesn't make much of a difference. Heck, even if the car is moving at all with the windows up.

But I digress

 

[raverx3m 10+ year member]

well you dont listen to your uber hifi home setup while vacuuming either and expect to hear a difference.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Well yeah, of course. I guess I'm just saying I don't need hi-fi music on the go thanks to road noise and whatnot. Hence why head unit manufacturers don't make units that support lossless formats.

Not trying to be a douche here, or anything... just saying.

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

just curious, i dont have an ipod so i dont know. when you download from itunes, legally, what format does it give you? is it mp3 or is it wav/lossless? if it is wav/lossless then that might be a reason to make an HU compatible with that format.

 

[raverx3m 10+ year member]

new ipods have an option for backing up ur music in apple lossless(its deep in menus only in itunes) or you can use separate encoder like DBpoweramp.

when u download i think its about 128-196kbps or something like that.

in any case depends on the car u drive and amount of sound deadening.

but when you have better sound coming in you have better sound coming out so you will still hear more details regadless of noise.