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Jon...due an unexpected 'disease', the 'rona' as my daughter puts it, missed this....but that doesn't stop me from listening to to it via streaming. You can't remember everything you listened to back in the day...and this is one I forgot. It's nice to listen to it again. Thanks! And the other 5.1 stuff got a good 'workout' on our Disney trip. Can't thank you , and other contributors, enough.
Here are a few more rare 5.1 and 4.0 tunes, all set for the Acura ELS 3D system. Again, this link will only be good until Sunday. These 5 tunes are all from different era's so you should probably find one that you like.
Check them out and enjoy that ELS 3D in 5.1! (Once this link expires, that's it!)
I missed this posting but downloaded the ones you posted in November. they sound amazing in my 2022 Advance RDX. I've converted a few of my own from 5.1 FLAC 96 hKz 24 bit to 5.1 Lossless FLAC 48 kHz 24 bit and they don't sound anything like what you posted.
I'm using EZ CD Audio converter. Is there a better converter to use?
I missed this posting but downloaded the ones you posted in November. they sound amazing in my 2022 Advance RDX. I've converted a few of my own from 5.1 FLAC 96 hKz 24 bit to 5.1 Lossless FLAC 48 kHz 24 bit and they don't sound anything like what you posted.
I'm using EZ CD Audio converter. Is there a better converter to use?
Thanks!
Tom
Try re-ripping the 48-kHz 24-bit 6-channel (Level-0) FLACS directly from the original source tracks, I use Foobar2000 .
I missed this posting but downloaded the ones you posted in November. they sound amazing in my 2022 Advance RDX. I've converted a few of my own from 5.1 FLAC 96 hKz 24 bit to 5.1 Lossless FLAC 48 kHz 24 bit and they don't sound anything like what you posted.
I'm using EZ CD Audio converter. Is there a better converter to use?
Thanks!
Tom
Here's a new link to those 5 tunes - again, it will expire in a week. Peter Gabriel-Sledgehammer, Eminem-Stan, Edgar Winter-Frankenstien, Santana-BlackMagicWomen, GreenDay-WakeMeUpWhenSeptemberEnds
Thank you so much for sharing samples here!
We're just four days into owning our new RDX and it's fantastic to have some music to really showcase the ELS capabilities!
I'm coming from an '06 TL. I've been impressed with the sound in that car with our one 5.1 DVD-A (Beatles Love). When I have some time, I'll have to try my hand at saving that disc to FLAC. If I manage to accomplish this, I'll post a few tracks here for others to do a QC check ;-)
When I first got my 2005 TL (first with surround), I used to begin each day listening to Stormy Monday.
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This version is from the DTS CD, not the quad reel. While the quad reel does have the extra 2 minutes with the harmonica solo, the DTS CD version sounds a bit better in the car. Hope you all enjoy these sporadic posts.
As long as no one complains, I'll keep posting a few tracks from time to time now that I know people here are actually listening to them in their cars.
These periodic songs made available are about the best thing you can 'do' to your RDX. Back in the day, of 8 tracks and cassettes you had, albeit limited, space to write some song names or whatever on the case. On these USB drives.....not so much! Anyone have any tips on how they are keeping track of what songs are on what USB.....or do we just resort back to writing 'mix tape 1, mix tape 2,......on the stick? I'm up to about 8 USB's and it can be a little tough when driving....
These periodic songs made available are about the best thing you can 'do' to your RDX. Back in the day, of 8 tracks and cassettes you had, albeit limited, space to write some song names or whatever on the case. On these USB drives.....not so much! Anyone have any tips on how they are keeping track of what songs are on what USB.....or do we just resort back to writing 'mix tape 1, mix tape 2,......on the stick? I'm up to about 8 USB's and it can be a little tough when driving....
Ed,
Put them all onto one USB
If you have say 5 USB's with tunes on them, set up one of them and create a folder for each one in Windows like this:
The car will see each folder as an album of songs. Give each folder a name, and then copy the songs from a USB into that folder.
Then do the same with another USB, copy those songs to the NEXT folder on the main USB. Repeat (as long as you have room)
Now you will have all of your little USB files on a SINGLE USB stick, and you can select which folder you want to play with the touch pad or your App button on the steering wheel. If you have the heads up display, it works even better because it will remember what songs you have recently played and you can go right back to them without searching of sorting!
Here's what a bit of my car drive looks, showing the first few folders:
What Oblio98 said on folders . You can also put numbers in front of Folder name to control order ( Favorites at top).
I also tend to do like this (this is some of the albums in my Rush folder)
Rush
01 Spirit of the Radio - Greatest Hits (2ch CD-Audio WAV)
02 Moving Pictures (48-24_6ch FLAC)
... so I can compare different formats on my Audi Bang & Olufsen system (without having to remember how they are encoded)
I just have the one 64gb USB Flash-drive. However, if I want to sample something real-quick (like recent Oblio98 files) ... I just grab a blank flash-drive and drop them on there. In the A5, we have a 2nd (data capable) USB port to use. In your case, you can swap-out your main-one temporarily.
Take-away is that you only need one USB flash-drive. Maybe one other for new files to demo.
I keep the main-USB-drive backed up on computer. I also have another folder called "Audi-USB-64gb (Possible Adds)" where I put copies of files/folders I want to add to main-one the next time I have it attached to my computer.
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THANK YOU! Downloaded these to add to the collection...I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of a hopefully "soon to be mine" RED '22 RDX Advance. Build date Feb 22-26, arrival at dealership estimated to be Mid March. The Advance RDX has the best automotive audio system I have ever had the pleasure to enjoy, made even better by these graciously provided 5.1 files!
The car will see each folder as an album of songs. Give each folder a name, and then copy the songs from a USB into that folder.
Then do the same with another USB, copy those songs to the NEXT folder on the main USB. Repeat (as long as you have room)
Now you will have all of your little USB files on a SINGLE USB stick, and you can select which folder you want to play with the touch pad or your App button on the steering wheel. If you have the heads up display, it works even better because it will remember what songs you have recently played and you can go right back to them without searching of sorting!
Here's what a bit of my car drive looks, showing the first few folders:
only thing to keep in mind is that the system uses the tags on each file to categorize the files in the interface. You have to choose ‘files list’ to see the files as they are on the drive as you described. IF you had all the tags organized nicely per the tags, you can lump all the songs in one directory. Not suggested tho.
I am not sure I follow you Funz51. I have all of my folders as shown, and under each artist folder are separate folders for each of their albums (in cases where I have more than one album for an artist)
I have each album tagged using MP3Tag (Which is a great program that tags and attaches the images to the .flac files) but that's it. I don't do anything to the folders. The car just sees them. [INFO POINT -- You can tag wav files but the car will not read them, so stick with flacs]
If you select SONGS, of course, you end up with all of the songs in all of the folders in alphabetic order, which is interesting at times.
Maybe I am missing something but it's worked fine for me since July 2018 when I got my original 19 A-Spec
I am not sure I follow you Funz51. I have all of my folders as shown, and under each artist folder are separate folders for each of their albums (in cases where I have more than one album for an artist)
I have each album tagged using MP3Tag (Which is a great program that tags and attaches the images to the .flac files) but that's it. I don't do anything to the folders. The car just sees them. [INFO POINT -- You can tag wav files but the car will not read them, so stick with flacs]
If you select SONGS, of course, you end up with all of the songs in all of the folders in alphabetic order, which is interesting at times.
Maybe I am missing something but it's worked fine for me since July 2018 when I got my original 19 A-Spec
my only point is that the reason the system works is b/c you have tagged them, not b/c you have them in folders.
Got it. I never tried that without putting the files in folders. Might be something to try for a goof - once it gets warmer!
Well, for one ... they are much easier to manage and organize when in folders.
Yes, always better to have proper meta-tags (when possible). However, I'm not going to prevent myself for adding tracks to listen to, just because they don't have proper meta-tags yet (that can be done later).
Most system (whether it's Audi's MMI, or Plex on the Apple-TV) allow you to listen to your music TWO different ways. Either by Folders or by Album/Artists/Etc. (ie by the Meta-Tags).
Here are a few files sure to please most of you, so please get them while you can. Again, these are available for a very short time, and once that time expires, they're gone. You can share them with others through your own means if you like, but they'll only be available from me for this coming week. Here you go - 4 surround tunes from PINK FLOYD.
Now go forth and crank that ELS system up. Beware of the bass on the 2 "The Wall" tracks. This unreleased 5.1 mix is pretty heavy on the bass
Thanks for 'one more song' for the collection. Having spent time in both Ukraine (great people) and Russia, it seems there is only one way out of this for Russia, and that is the eradication of Putin. That is the only way they can say 'this was the work of a madman and that situation has been resolved'. Otherwise, they have dug themselves, and put the world into, an ugly place. In 2022 this is all unbelievable....but anyway...blah...blah...blah for my 2 cents.
Hey question, I just got a brand new 2022EDX and loaded up a USB stick. i have two gripes but maybe I'm missing something.
1. My 2014 Acura MDX had a way to do "Next Folder", which was huge to easily filp through the collection without looking back to the screen...and would also move to the next folder/album when done. I can find no way to do this on the RDX
2. When I use folders for playing music...
a: It recognizes folder hierarchy!!! Great...in my MDX it shows all folders at top level.
b: It doesnt play the tracks in order of Track#. All my track are TAGGED with track and also NAMED with 01-Artist-Song.flac Surely it should read them in order??
Also if anyone wants to trade some music with me, get in touch with a private msg. I'm looking for more 5.1 I have very few but have a tgon of lossless flac. ~400+ albums 5000+ songs. All properly tagged.
Is there a website I can just download this to a USB stick/my PC from and put it on a stick and then put the stick in the port? I hate this kind of stuff TBH and want the "easy button".
I do not know wtf "FLAC" is, or even 5.1 for that matter except I paid for that shit and people talk it up and yet it sounds just like any other car I've driven that wasn't a POS. How do I make this thing impress me? The short and easy version. FWIW, I am into alternative, techno, trance, and some classic stuff like pre-black album Metallica (Yes, sadly, as a kid from the 80's I must admit this is now "classic").
I have a PC and Gorilla Drive (just a brand thing, looks vulcanized like I could drop it and it wouldn't care) 15gb USB stick. That's all I got for this project. I don't know what "formatting" really is or any of that. Again, I'm of the generation where we popped in a tape or CD and that was that.
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