Good free site for flac format songs

Sorry to get the way of these flying frisbees, but what news of the site? I'm having withdrawal symptoms here. When is avax supposed to be up again? Anyone have a clue? Hercule?

I'm having withdrawal symptoms here.

Me too

Sorry Guys,
I Wish I knoew too..
I was all ready to start my account again and get some more music when I couldn't get to the site.
I have a list of my collection which I can share and you can borrow if you need
Regards
Hercule Pirate

I have a list of my collection which I can share and you can borrow if you need

Great idea, to meet.

NEWS AT LAST ... on Avaxhome

Go to
www.AvaxHome.ru
for the recent update on the site
or try this link
http://fit-media.ru/

They will be back again sometime soon.
Please do post here in case someone comes across their revival.
Or other Sites for LossLess???
any Inputs on this

HerculePirate

Hey guys,
Another website for Lossless Audio

www.ba-k.com

struggled to register but once I got thru it has a few gems in there

Regards

Hercule Pirate

Hey guys

Please check the following links

http://www.warez-bb.org/
http://www.moderngfx.com

Let me know how it goes.

HerculePirate

Please have a look at the top of the ModernGFX site which will give you links to other site called
www.nilland.com

it could be a possible replacement for the Avaxhome site.... for the time being.

NJOY

HerculePirate

Amp_Nut schrieb:

Get a TRENDS Audio USB DAC UD 10.1 by Mail order ( US $ 120 ) http://www.trendsaudio.com/EN/Index.htm It will provide you a USB ( PC or Mac ) to SPDIF / AES / Toslink interface. Works well for this as an interface, though the Built in DAC for analog output will not be a PATCH on your Reimyo DAC.

guess what ..I actually bought this thing ! its pretty awesome ! just plug in into the USB port and you can get a digital out for the DAC.

need to do some serious listening over the weekend...

Arj, Congrats.

I had bought and used it for a while.

If you like it, do try the battery option, its a Worthwhile upgrade. Carefully note that ONLY Ni Cds Not Lead Acid batteries are used....

I used a 3 battery pac used for Cordless Telephones.

Sadly, the UD-10 that I sold to a friend, seems to have died yesterday... the computer will detect it as a USB device but not load it as a Audio device.

Incidentall, if you like the sound of the UD 10 and want to explore HDD playback, I would strongly recommende the Empirical Audio USB to SPDIF converter. Its approx US $ 1100, and sound s Fabulous. Maybe avaialbe on the net at a discount.... its a little box can should get here as easy as the UD 10.

Have fun.

( Oh Yes, IMHO, Foobar is MUCH better - open and transparent than iTunes )

Hope you guys are keeping an eye on the developments at

http://www.avaxhome.ru/

Sorry have no time to meet cause I am preparing to get out of town for a long Time.

Howz the other russian site

www.nnm.ru

Regards

Alwyn Pinto

yyyyyaaaaahhhhhhooooooooo
people
fellow losslessers
Avaxhome is up and running...
You guys...the addiction begins again

http://www.avaxhome.ws/

NJOY

Hercule Pirate

Salvation!!

renewed my rapidshare account !
KPnemo2 is also a good site.

http://www.kpnemo2.com

gives me an error message....

Try http://www.kpnemo.ws/

you will need to create an account to see the rapidshare links (for that click here)
http://www.kpnemo.ws/register.php

i used Babelfish.altavista.com for translations. once you figure out the translation business you are on !

GREAT site !

THANKS !

Once I catch up on my work, will start downloading

I am not sure if you guys have even tried

www.jazzrockz.blogspot.com

Absolutely devoted to the Genre.
Met them on SoulSeek.
This site rocks for sure.

Try... Lemme know... Send a thank you... Enjoy

HerculePirate

Chief ,

I have checked out that site, but my primary interest is for Audiphile Grade Downloads - Pref XRCDs, Mo-Fi etc ...

Yeah Amp Nut...

Anyway ...another link for guys interested in Retro rare stuff in FLAC

http://yourmothershouldknow03.blogspot.com

lemme know how it goes

Hercule Pirate

For the Jazz Heads

http://jazzrockland.blogspot.com/

Good stuff

Try it out
Hercule Pirate

For Proggers and Jazz Heads alike

http://troward.blogspot.com/
www.jjazzfusion.blogspot.com
http://metal-fusion.blogspot.com/
http://kevincoyne.blogspot.com/ (wonder who he is ????... http://www.allmusicg...l=11:a9fqxqq5ldse~T1 )

http://jazzyelp.blogspot.com

That should keep the music listeners busy for a while

Bye

"Porcupine Tree" kills them all....

Hercule Pirate



Regards

HP

The Thread seemed Dead for a while
THought I would liven it up a little bit
India will never have good bands coming down
The best according to me that came here were Joe Satriani and Iron Maiden and M JAckson.

Anyway chk this for great DVD quality rips

http://ceart-bootlegs.blogspot.com/

bye
Hercule Pirate

Dude.... Knopfler!!! And yeah, I quite enjoyed Alan Parsons but only because I'm a fan!

Knofler...hhmmmm...I didnt go for it...
I don't like the music cause its quite POP nowadays and also his guitaring seems repetitious....But hey...am sure you enjoyed it...
I liked Alan Parson too but the sounds was quite low for a rock concert you know...Great band to experience in the flesh though...
Please don't say DEEP PURPLE....cause the public goes to hear the PUB songs only..."Space trucking" is my favourite...with the one of the most impressive drum solos ever...he wasn't fast or tremendously aggressive on that but he played a perfect part for the song and not match a 'SOLO'.
but i heard they had the best sound.
Bhagwan69 will definitely like to add his best experience for sure...
HOW WAS THE CLICK MAN????

Regards
HP

HOWS THE LINK ....

REGARDS

HP

Alan Parsons played for a samller crowd - but they were fun. And no, I won't say DP - cos I didn't go for it. Some say Roger Waters was good but I'm not so sure myself.

Did you guys check the link out?
http://ceart-bootlegs.blogspot.com/

Roger Waters was terrible I say..
Great may be for the guys who were there right up with the film stars.
But terrible for the guys in the second row....IT WAS RADIO...hell
Bad enough you charge against distance but its not fair that you compromise on the sound too....I enjoyed it on my system better.

Regards

HerculePirate

Lotsa live stuff... but nothing like good ol avaxhome. Hey, wanted to ask you - how good is the squeezebox without a DAC?

Got a fast connection two days ago, joined avaxhome, and was going to buy a RS premium account, when I saw this - http://avaxhome.ws/misc/RS34534News345Rules.html

Sucks! Going from 10gb/day to 80gb/month is not good

Happiness is temporary.
hell is permanent.

Regards
HP

Got a fast connection two days ago,

Can yr connection deliver 10 GB per day ?

Which ISP and how much per month for this kinda download speeds in India ?

Incidentally, the Biggest Hurdle in the new rules (IMHO) is that anonymous uploaded files can ONLY BE DOWNLOADED 10 times a day !

You probably don’t have much hope of being the 1st 10 to try an download one of those files !

7-8GB per night easy Specially since RS premium gives maximum speeds. I'm on Tata Indicoms 2mbps plan, comes to around 1k/month.

Cool !

My 256 KB Sify Broadband gives me downloads of approx 30K speed.

I can download only 1 GB per night ( 11 pm to 7 am )... Yes, with a Rapidshare Premium account.

i use the rapidshare downloader and quite a few of the rar files are giving me an error when i try to open . says its unknown format or damaged.
unable to recover as well using winRAR

anyone else facing this ? any solution other than a re-download ?

Rapidshare has turned into Rapidsnare

They have changed their rules, ( effect 1st Nov ) and one of them is that ANY file uploaded will be allowed 10 downloads ONLY !

That includes paid or Free users !

That said, I have not had a problem with corrupted downloads. Maybe yr ISP's intermitent connectivity ?

Free users do not get the resume download function.

Also check the user comments, for the files that you are downloading. Has any otther user complained of errors in opening the files ?

PM me the file / disc names you are referring to .... May be I have downloaded sucessfully...

have put them in for redownload i think it must be since my machine was switched off a number of times...

i use the rapidshare downloader

I have never used the Rapidshare downloader. It just wont install on my PC ( Running WinXP) Maybe that is causing a problem ?

I use Opera's web browser (yes its Free ware )... allows similtabous downloads and a resume download function.

Oh..I too use XP and i could install rapidshare.

Does the opera browser can take care of the login/password as well ? also does it limit to 5 simultaneous downloads ?

this is interesting !

I have had tremendous trouble with broken downlaods with every DL manager...and have roamed the www to look for the best and have finally settled down on the most basic programme called RapidWareX.
Not had a problem since and...Low on features and high reliability...
You need to do your settings entered everytime you restart the program...
As I said ...Beauty is always skin deep
Try it.
regards
HP

Does the opera browser can take care of the login/password as well ?

Yes.

also does it limit to 5 simultaneous downloads ?

No Limit

I usually put 7 to 9 downloads overnight, each 100 MB.

I am typicaly done next morning.

Do note that on Rapidshare, download resume is ONLY for pay users.

No resume for free users.

I tried a few managers, and have settled on Internet Download Manager. I can select all the links in my browser, right click and say "download with IDM". I've set IDM to download just 2 files simultaneously, so I can use my bandwidth effectively.

Of course, my net conn worked for just 4 days. That coupled with the insane 2.6gb limit on RS, I haven't actually managed to d/l much

Yeah.
IDM was great until their server recognised it was a cracked and threw me out...
I then turned to Free Download manager which worked awesome for a while and then for stupid reasons the broken DL's started again.
If all else fails turn to RapidWareX
Regards
HP
Use firefox and use the application flashgot which allows you choose the DM you want to DL the file

herculepirate schrieb:

Yeah. IDM was great until their server recognised it was a cracked and threw me out...

ehh? IDM is free

hahaahha
Relatively speaking...(Moral police is looking...oops)

HP

RapidWareX rocks. primitive and simple but good and my problem has gone away.

Amp nut what are your current thoughts on the music server thingie ?? have read too much around and am not sure of the direction to take..information overload !

http://www.trustedre...e-HD-Media-Player/p1

Worth a check out.

Amp nut what are your current thoughts on the music server thingie ?? have read too much around and am not sure of the direction to take..information overload !

Hi Arj,
I have been playing around with HDD playback, for the past 6 months or so, but do NOT ... by any streatch consider myself an authority on the topic, or comprehensive in my auditioning most products in the market.

However, I would like to take this opportunity to share some of my personal opinions :

1. HDD playback offers a GREAT level of convenience. As they say, there is no free meal. Hence you can spend all your money on good sound and buy a CD player, or take a hit in sound quality and trade part of it for convenience, and opt for a HDD playback solution. ( IMHO, this is thru for a budget of upto Rs 1,50,000 ... ie - IMHO again - any amount of upto Rs 1.5 L spent fully on an CD Player, will be a better audiophile product, that a similar priced HDD playback system).

2. I have not heard a PC with a good sound card, playing into a quality Hi Fi set up, but I am skeptical, because I have heard HDD playback systems ( eg the ZERO-ONE )that use (an expensive) sound card internally, and they do not violate my rule #1 above

3. The Zero-ONE HDD Playback system is IMHO a great product, currently available at a VERY Attractive price, from its Indian dealer Nova Audio - Mumbai.

ZERO-ONE Site:

http://www.zerooneaudio.com


I have heard it at my home for about 1 week, and it sounds VERY Good, offers great convenience, and a separate DAC that offers BOTH: SPDIF and I2S digital inputs.

Again IMHO, I2S is the correct digital interface for ANY audio DAC. ALL Others ( SPDIF, USB & Optical) are compromisess for convenience.
Still the Zero-One does not violate my rule #1

Check out this review for LOTS of technical info, options, and ofcourse a detailed review :

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue20/zeroone.htm

4. I had bought the UD-10. Very Nioce product, but does not hold a candle to High performance playback, even as a USB to SPDIF converter. The UD-10's performance is Substantially improved with external battery supply.

Incidentally, the UD-10 has a built in DAC too... but a Low to Mid Fi product. Then again, its US $ 120.

I have been VERY Impressed with a demo I got from A2V of a Laptop feeding an Empirical audio USB to SPDIF converter (Rs 50K I was think recalling ... but Im not sure that iss correct ), feeding a Theta GenVIII ( Rs 6 Lakh ) DAC.

The sound was VERY VERY Good.

Bhagwan69 too has been VERY impressed with the sound odff a dCS USB DAC fed from a MAC and controlled from an iPhone / ipod Touch.

But these are SERIOUS systems, where the DAC alone costs WAY more than Rs 1,50,000.

Hence it seems to me that there are 2 main bottlenecks to HDD sound quality:

1. The Obvious - the DAC. Cheap DACs (Sub Rs 50K ) dont sound any better than proportionately priced CD players.

2. The USB to SPDIF converter.

You Arj, seem to be at the Happy ( ? ) poiint where you have a SUPERB DAC - the Remiyo.

If you can get yourself a Good USB to SPDIF converter, you will have a flying start to a True Hi Fi HDD playback system. However, a good USB toi SPDIF converter may be a bigger problem than you initially expect. It can easily throttle your DAC down to mid Fi performance.

For now, I am putting my money on a Giid CD player, and giving up on the convenience of a HDD system. For now, I will burn my WAV & FLAC files on Rs 10 CDs and listen to the music, whereever I dont have ( or not yet acquired ) the original premium CDs... MoFi, XRCDs, DCC, FIM etc..

Arj, do share your thoughts too...