ripping audiostrobe and turbosonix cds
ok, here are my results. i already knew these rips (mp3 files) worked at 320 kb/s no vbr but i wanted to see if i could rip them at a lesser bitrate. i ripped the sample audiostrobe disc that came with my unit and three turbosonix cds that were also included in the package. i ripped them using mac itunes at 192 kb/s with no vbr and played them into the procyon using itunes on the mac pro.
all of these cds 'worked' after ripping if you define 'worked' as lighting up the lights in the glasses and playing the music through the headphones. but there was a world of difference between the two formats.
btw, the mode must be set to 'as' and then the up/down arrow key must be hit to place it in 'dl9' mode as opposed to the only other option: 'anl' mode.
the audiostrobe mp3 files took from a minimum of 10 seconds to a maximum of 30 seconds to activate the lights. they also required 75-80% gain (volume) in order to activate the lights--this can be quite loud and if you turn the volume down you lose the lights.
the turbosonix mp3 files activated the lights immediately upon hitting the 'play' button and required at least 33% less volume to keep the lights going. this was such a striking difference between the two formats that i got out the original audiostrobe cd and discovered the problem was not with my ripped mp3 files, there was no difference at all using the original cd--the same high volume level was needed and the same delay before the lights activated was noted.
bottom line is that, at least on my systems, 192 kb/s no vbr will suffice to rip the cds to mp3 files but the turbosonix format, on the surface at least, seems to work much, much better than audiostrobe.
/s~
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