Funz51

Just for you Padre, some old school...

]https://drive.google.com/file/d/16p_fUery1kgREgfkYMfuHhmgoo0shTvu/view?usp=sharing

Padre Dave

WOW! Thank you! I am not a huge John Denver fan but the rest is GOLD!

Funz51

....but it all sounds so good....
I am with you with the JD, but it is a good recording.

Funz51

reposted-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FNf...ew?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QF1...ew?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WpI...ew?usp=sharing

Gamera

Thanks again Funz51, these files are amazing. Had no idea what I was missing.

ross7777

I downloaded these music files onto a usb stick formatted as ExFat. When I select USB as the source in my 2022 RDX, it says unavailable.

Does it have something to do with wireless CarPlay?

markm929

Only if your phone is connected via wireless CarPlay then the USB does not work. Just another technical genius at work at Acura, when other car makers have allowed them to work in parallel.

ross7777

Yep. Connected with wireless CarPlay. Pretty dumb.

Gamera

I just leave wireless car play off now and only connect through USB. One of the only things I hate about the RDX. Still experimenting with the best options.

ross7777

I get it now. 5.1 on usb is something else. Unfortunately most of what I listen to isn’t available so it will be CarPlay streaming Apple Music most of the time for me. I prefer CarPlay Nav too. I really dislike the Acura nav color schemes.

EFR

What? You don't like gray? And then another shade of gray? And a blue-ish gray??

ross7777

Haha. Not to derail the thread but yeah it's pretty hard to distinguish what the hell is going on with that map.

Funz51

My PM does not work. Acurazine admins do not respond, so if I am not responding to a PM, I apologize for the mgmt.

In light of this, I will post yet another old school recording, just because frainc asked. (and Padre), ..and all the others that have PM'd me for stuff. All friends man.

One thing I have noticed, that may be obvious to others... Listening to studio 5.1 you get to get immersed into the music itself. Listening to Live 5.1, you get to get immersed into the crowd.
I found this to be true with this album, It is very hard to get a 'studio' 5.1 recording feeling from a Live performance, you just have to realize the difference, and appreciate both.
I pulled this from my archives and listened in the RDX, and it was so cool. Hope you enjoy!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DoP...ew?usp=sharing

frainc

Thank you, sounds great, love LED!

4th Acura

Funz51 - Thanks for the recent download links. They are all wonderful additions to my 5.1 collection. I have not played them in my RDX but have enjoyed them on my home surround system. I never thought I would be fortunate enough to listen to Led Zepplin in my living room in 5.1. Thanks.

EFR

Thank you for taking me back to being 17, if only for a few moments. That was awesome seeing LZ, provided by you!. Thanks!!!

oblio98

So here's a batch of surround tunes for the RDX (2019-2022) that come from all over the place. Check them out and keep the ones you like. There's something here that most of you all will find interesting. Some of it is rare quad stuff, some from SACD/DVD-A's, but they all sound great in the car.

As before, this link is good until next weekend. After that, you are free to share them among yourselves provided you got them in the first place!

PS - Be sure to respond back as to what you think, and which ones you liked best. THANKS


https://mega.nz/folder/HdoTXSRA#1HaMMoVLVyJSKBOFQc_0vw

GW208

Well shucks oblio98, I'm enjoying these on the computer but for some reason they don't work in the car. The other songs that you've so generously shared in the past work fine but it's as if these don't exist on the usb when it's plugged into the car.

Funz51

I did not have a problem listening to them in car. I think one had an issue. Let the car sit for a second and read the stick maybe.

GW208

Thanks Funz, I will give it a try again next time that we are out in the car. I have no doubt that it somehow involves operator error on my part.

RDX-Rick

I installed a large number of FLAC files from another source, onto a thumbdrive. Everyone of them played fine in the RDX, except for the whole album from one particular artist. The names of these songs showed up on the screen, but they just wouldn't play. No error messages were displayed, just silence when selected.

Since you cannot see the names of any of the songs, I don't think the problem is with the songs.

It appears that you are unable to read the thumbdrive at all. I think that the drive may not be formatted as FAT32. Perhaps it is formatted in NTFS which would be still readable in a Windows PC. You can check this theory by comparing this latest drive with the one that does work. Insert the drive into your PC and right click on the drive letter (For example Drive F) and select properties.

GW208

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions Rick. This is the only usb stick I use for music and the other songs I've installed on it work okay. The album shows up fine on both my mac and my wife's pc and we can select and play each song.
It only seems to be the RDX that doesn't see this album. I left it connected for several minutes this afternoon in the car but it still didn't show up. I've attached a couple of screen shots of the drive and album info in case anything jumps out.

RDX-Rick

Your screen shots confirm that the drive is formatted in FAT32, which should be readable by the RDX.

​​​​​​When you say that other songs you have installed on this drive work okay, do you mean that they are still on the drive and still continue to play, and only the newly added files have a problem? Or did you delete all the other songs, and replaced them with the files from oblio98?

Since the drive is readable in your PC and Mac, there is probably nothing wrong with it. That leaves the possibility that the USB jack in the RDX is defective. Do you have any other drives to test with (perhaps with mp3 music), or can you connect your phone and verify that Apple Carplay or Android Auto still works?

GW208

Yes, the other songs on the drive still work okay including other flac files that oblio98 has shared with us previously. We haven't used AA in a couple of weeks but I have no reason to think it doesn't work now.
I'm going to chalk this up as a quirk on our particular RDX and not worry about it.
Thanks again though for your time and thoughts about this.

oblio98

Hey all! Just seeing this.

These files all came from my master backup RDX Hard Drive which are all files that should play without issue. Has anyone else had problems?

I know that I've found that in many cases, the car is looking for ExFAT formatting, which always works for me. You might want to take a new USB, format it as ExFAT, then copy the files to it and see if that works.

PS - I forgot to mention that the "Wish You Were Here" is from Chicago, Not Pink Floyd! It's an old quad mix and done fairly well. You might recognize the tune if you're old like me

Padre Dave

Thanks for the “singles”. Love that old rock of my youth, plus the progressive rock of my “mid-life”. Bless you and thanks again! I had forgotten about that Chicago on Quadraphonic. I had that in an 8-track when I was in the Air Force. I bought a “quadraphonic” player and had 4 speakers around my apartment. Sounded good for its time.

I found the Chicago Transit Authority album remastered and “Super Deluxe” version online and have it on my VOX tunes. I am using VOX player to bypass Apple Music in my car….it sounds better than the regular “lossless” Apple format they are now using. I own all of my music (OR get wonderful gifts from my friends here at Acurazine!!!)

This way I am just using my phone to play on the Bluetooth dongle in the USB port in the car and not worrying about the USB drives. I should do a non-scientific no-blind back to back sound test between the VOX player on my iPhone and the straight up USB for the same FLAC files. Results to follow.

Padre Dave

Hey JB! Welcome back to the RDX world. Did you keep your Corsair or trade it?

oblio98

You're more than welcome, Padre! Hey, just to be sure, if you are playing these files from your phone you are not getting the 5.1/4.0 surround that you would get from a USB stick. The phone storage will not properly send out more than 2 channels of audio. You might want to compare what you're hearing with the same files on a USB stick

Padre Dave

Well, you just saved me some research time. I am sure you are right….back to the USB sticks I go1. BLESSINGS TO YOU!

JB in AZ

Well, I did not buy the red 22 RDX. The local dealer was playing games. Kept pushing back the arrival date. Then I saw it on their website, but they claimed it wasn't mine. I had negotiated a good price, had a deposit on it...and I suspect that they sold it to another buyer at a higher price.

The car I was going to trade was our '22 Highlander Hybrid. The Corsair and the RDX were roughly tied in my mind, so I then found an inbound Corsair (in your next of the woods, Mesa) equipped just how I would have ordered it. Negotiated the deal over email for $1,000 under MSRP, and 0% for 36 months. My wife knocked some sense into me at the last minute when I was going to trade the Highlander.....We ended up trading in her '20 CR-V. The Highlander is now "her" car and all is well in the our "car world".

I do miss the RDX sound system, but not the fuel usage. What can I say. And I am a conservative driver, I think the Corsair was the right choice.

I like to stay involved here, great group of people.

GW208

Thanks oblio98, I will pick up a new USB next time I'm out and give that a try. Does it matter if it's a 2.0 or 3.0?

Funz51

Just take your current stick, Copy the whole thing to your hard disk, then reformat you're stick, and copy the files back on.. rdx is all 2.0. You can tell by the USB plug on the car.

oblio98

Yep. Funz51 is correct (as always)

The car is 2.0. The only advantage to a 3.0 stick is that you can copy the files from your PC to the stick a lot quicker, provided your PC has a 3.0/3.1 port. This actually makes a big difference if you are copying a lot of files to a large USB device

Padre Dave

OH WOW! I went back to my USB stick and forgot how amazing the 5.1 stuff sounds in our cars! I went back to work part-time so I have been in and out of the car a lot more, so the wireless CarPlay is a lot more convenient. Our USB ports can be somewhat fickle, as you know. “Moon Child” by King Crimson has some real quiet dissonance with some cool cymbal work that sounds amazing from a spatial and acoustic point of reference.

Funz51

try:

https://burningshed.com/formats/formats_5point1surround

oblio98

Hey all. Here are 5 tracks from rare Columbia 5.1 SACDs released around 2002. If you can find them, they go for big bucks as these are from the rarest titles

They are all ready for the cars, but you'll have to add your own graphics.

Two from Toto: Africa, Rosanna
Blue Oyster Cult: Don't Fear the Reaper
Oasis: Wonderwall
Meatloaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Lights

MORE COWBELL!!!

Link good for a week, then it's GONE FOREVER!!

https://mega.nz/folder/GdQkgTKC#conkH7MLtftJ3zlKmuEnCg

JeremyGNJ

Nice thanks! Anyone else have more rare 5.1 stuff? I now have a pretty big collection, and willing to trade. PM me.

Padre Dave

You rock! Thank you and blessings!

Tesla1856

Wow. Nice choice of classic tracks. Can't wait to listen to them. Thanks dude!

clevernamehere

These are excellent! Thanks @oblio98 !