The Beatles Apple USB box set worth owning if...

An ABX test result(s), perhaps? See an example of the report + additional materials posted in another thread...

 

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Your confused old man*!
Your post:

See??? You post: "This is like "vinyls" "; too which i 'stick me tongue out' in a mocking way, because i know full well "vinyls" is not Yiddish.

"Bupkis" is Yiddish, which is old, & means "nothing".
"Butkus" is Urban, which is fresh, & means "nothing".
These are two diff words from two diff times, even tho they mean the same thing, one doesn't come from the other & it's not an amalgamation either.

i was right posting "butkus" & you were wrong in falsely attempting too correct me; get over it!

* "Old Man" is not derogatory, it's a fact & it's a fact i'm old too!!

 

Looks like I'm not... Here is the report of my unsuccessful ABX test after carefully lining up 2 excerpts: one from 24/44 <unlimited?> 2009 USB & another from 16/44 <limited+dithered> 2009 CD, & attenuating 24/44 audio by 0.2dB to achieve equal perceived loudness:

Code:

foo_abx 2.0 report
foobar2000 v1.3.7
2015-02-14 16:52:25

File A: 14 - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (1644) [excerpt].flac
SHA1: cf3f3ef02c95cb9254355140ce242f79795f2138
File B: 14 - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (2444) [excerpt, -0.2dB].flac
SHA1: 8f583a9e282769df90f35ff5b3b53b2e83106b38

Output:
ASIO : ASIO4ALL v2
Crossfading: NO

16:52:25 : Test started.
16:56:05 : 00/01
16:56:19 : 00/02
16:56:30 : 01/03
16:56:43 : 02/04
16:56:57 : 02/05
16:57:12 : 03/06
16:57:22 : 03/07
16:57:42 : 04/08
16:57:54 : 05/09
16:58:06 : 06/10
16:58:06 : Test finished.

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Total: 6/10
Probability that you were guessing: 37.7%

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Jeez...... I did not mean to imply that vinyls is Yiddish. I just usED it as an example of a term that people younger than me (just about everybody) have corruptED & use improperly (in fact, as I type this, my computer is trying to spell-correct vinyls).

"These are two diff words from two diff times, even tho they mean the same thing, one doesn't come from the other & it's not an amalgamation either."--This is just plain delusional.

 

Please resume the thread about the greatest consumer music product ever released.

 

When the FLAC or MP3 file is selected, you press the option button on the remote. A sub-menu comes up and it's a simple button press.

 

See my answer in the above post.

 

Use VOX - it's on the Apple appstore and it's free and simple and has a great clean interface. I listen to all my FLAC files on it.

 

Agreed. Still, you'd think iTunes would at least "offer" to convert FLAC to ALAC, like the Windows version of iTunes offers to convert WMA files.

 

You can convert flac to wav in foobar then feed that to itunes

 

I have both the stereo CD box set and the USB Apple. I can't say if one is better than the other, but there is definitely a difference between the two, can't really describe it. One thing for sure, the clarity of the USB Apple flac files (not counting Help and Rubber Soul) is so good, it makes the 320k MP3 files also on it, sound downright awful by comparison, and I am usually okay with 320k MP3 files, too.

 

The USB stick versions of the songs are the best available in my view. 24bit 44.1; but the 24 bit allows greater detail. And the Beatles often had quite a bit doing on in their songs so the details are worth hearing.

 

I feel the same way!

 

are there any stores that still have this in stock?

 

probably best bet is to keep an eye on ebay. I picked one up at an excellent price but it was a couple of years ago.

 

I've missed a couple on eBay at really good prices (well under $100) because the stem was broken. I keep looking for another one of those!

 

So is this thing finally OOP?

 

I bought this package a few years ago and leave all the FLAC files on a Drobo. It's how I most often listen to The Beatles (and my other digital music). I have a Mac, play FLAC through Fidelia (application), to a Wyred4Sound DAC2, which God modes the FLAC files, sample rate and bit depth. I like the sound-- probably the cleanest version of The Beatles catalog I own.

I still love records, but I don't always feel like pulling out the LPs, especially if I have another project going.

 

The official store seems to have it in stock: http://thebeatles.shop.bravadousa.com/Product.aspx?cp=61569_61937_62610&pc=BGAMB5287

 

Every Beatles LP in Stereo Hi-Rez - what's not to like?, yes I think they sound about 10% better than the 2009 CDs
and mostly sound better than my Y&B pressings.

Whether via my Audiolab M-Dac or Hifiman HM-901 the 24 bit versions sound superb to my old ears.

 

10% better? Certainly not for my ears...

 

does it mean I'll have 10% more enjoyment when I listen to them?

 

That link is to a computer reading, not your ears. and definitely not mine.
I had a look at your equipment profile, how are you listening to these?

 

yes, why not ?- but as your equipment profile is blank it's hard to say.

There is some digital harshness that I hear in all flac/wav, but the low level detail resolution is a
real ear opener. And detail for me is #1 aim in audio.

 

Unsuccessful ABX test result I referred to simply means that I couldn't reliably distinguish between the 2 track versions: 24/44 & 16/44. Track excerpts were carefully lined up & perfectly level-matched, too. The test was performed on my study's headphone rig, BTW.