Will it play WAV lossless music CDs burned from my desktop computer? Thank you!
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The player will play WAV files, however, it most likely will not play the newer WMA lossless files. Note that WAV files are already "lossless" unlike the MP3 format.
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Yes it will play CDs! When inserted, the laptop will choose the default player like Windows Media Player or iTunes.
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Yes and no depending on the specifics of your question that I'm lacking. It can play a "burned" CD-R. If you are referring to playing music off a CD-R that is in data only format, it cannot. There is no USB port on this system. Hope this helps.
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I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Are you saying you have CDs that you've ripped to MP3, and now you want to use uncompressed versions of those songs instead of MP3 versions?If so, you'd have to start from the original CDs and rerip them to Apple Lossless or WAV (or AIFF). You can't add information to the lossey audio files you already have.In the case of music you've purchased from iTunes (or any download service), there's nothing you can do. They don't offer CD quality audio files.Obviously of course uncompressed audio takes up more space, so you might instead want to rip things at like 320Kb/s AAC, which is the best lossy format these players support. I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Are you saying you have CDs that you've ripped to MP3, and now you want to use uncompressed versions of those songs instead of MP3 versions?If so, you'd have to start from the original CDs and rerip them to Apple Lossless or WAV (or AIFF). You can't add information to the lossey audio files you already have.In the case of music you've purchased from iTunes (or any download service), there's nothing you can do. They don't offer CD quality audio files.Obviously of course uncompressed audio takes up more space, so you... » Read More I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Are you saying you have CDs that you've ripped to MP3, and now you want to use uncompressed versions of those songs instead of MP3 versions?If so, you'd have to start from the original CDs and rerip them to Apple Lossless or WAV (or AIFF). You can't add information to the lossey audio files you already have.In the case of music you've purchased from iTunes (or any download service), there's nothing you can do. They don't offer CD quality audio files.Obviously of course uncompressed audio takes up more space, so you might instead want to rip things at like 320Kb/s AAC, which is the best lossy format these players support. « Show Less
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Yes, it will take cards up to 64GB I believe. I know it reads WMA and MP3 files, I don't see how WAV's would not be able to work, why not give it a try?
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I have respoded to this question twice before. I don't know because I only use it to play cd's. Don't ask me again
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Sorry, I don't use the download aspect, but all I do is create wav file (lossless) from cd rip from windows media player from my cds onto the hardrive and then transfer the files to the Sony player and the sounds would just simply be "Awesome"...
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I've not tried playing FLAC or WAV files with it but i know WMA files are incompatible.
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I just looked at the manual. It plays the "Roland/Boss proprietary format" (a bunch of tracks that come with the unit & new ones you can download, free I think), MP3 and WAV. I know by experience it doesn't play Windows Media, so I just rip from a CD or snag a WAV from the internet. Oh if you're playing single coils like me you're going to have a lot of hum but it's okay, it's helped me learn a lot but it is expensive.
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I just checked the CD in mine and it is not a music CD, so it must be a data CD, and it plays fine. So I would say yes, it should.
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sound recorder in ubuntu linux makes "lossless" recording of whatever is played on the audio "mix" of the computer. Too bad Sony is supporting the Window$ monopoly.
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additional...if your source files are CD's or MP3the DAC will be uselessin computing ... garbage in garbage out if you have Dog ears might make MP3 sound less "flat" anything less than FLAC source files ... waste of time and money
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I don't think so, however it does stream from your windows media player. Most of your music goes there also. You can also record music to CDs from there.
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No, it does not play CDs. You can still listen to music on it through headphones though.
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I agree. It looks like a drive on your computer, so you can drag and drop songs to it. It will play them if they are encoded in a way that it understands, i.e. basic .mp3's up to 320 Kbps (and reportedly .wav files up 30 384 Kbps, according to the manual).
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Yes on a computer. No if used in a CD recorder that is part of an audio system...in this case you will need "music CDR".
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Cds will play on this. I have several CDs made from vinyl records that play just fine. Not totally sure about an mp3 CD, I don't have any and have never tried any of those in this player. Most CD players made nowadays do play mp3 CDs but that doesn't mean this one will. Sorry I'm not sure on the mp3 CDs.