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Audio Quality & Sample Files
When you use your PC’s CD ROM drive with your
stereo-link
to play Audio
CDs, you will achieve the same level of audio playback quality that you would
get from a good quality component type Audio CD player.
Playing other types of Audio Media files, such as MP3, may give you varying
levels of quality, since there are many factors that contribute to what you hear;
how carefully the original source was recorded , how it was digitally extracted
from a CD, the data rate at which it was coded, the type of coder used and even
the options selected on a particular coder. At
stereo-link
, we think you deserve
to hear just how good a well recorded and coded file can sound. So we will be
featuring music on our Website for downloading. Visit us at
http://www.stereo-link.com
and click on the
GOODIES
tab. There you will find the current selection
available for free.. These will be chosen for the quality of the original
recording, and encoded at a high bit rate (usually using the High Quality
Variable Bit Rate option). A lower quality preview excerpt will be available so
you listen before you spend your time downloading. Visit us often and enjoy!
Troubleshooting - General
Sound Quality
Q
. I’m listening to streaming music with the Sl200, and its still sounds bad. It
has these funny swishing and gurgling sounds. In fact, I don’t remember hearing
them with my computer speakers.
A
. Unfortunately, we can’t do anything about the sound quality of the source
you are trying to play - we just let you hear it better. Unless you have a
broadband internet connection, most of the streaming audio you will play will
be highly compressed (that is necessary to get it to you through a slow modem
connection). This kind of compression produces artifacts, (such as gurgling,
warbling, swishing sounds) which become part of the sound file you are trying
to play. You might not have noticed it before because the computer sound
system you were listening to before did not provide the detail and clarity of
your home stereo system.
Summary of Contents for SL1200
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