Audio quality

deaddog · 09-21-2011, 02:04 PM

Putting aside debate about the quality of the system itself, has anybody determined whether they get better sound from (i) CD; (ii) ipod using lossles; (iii) usb stick using lossless or (iv) ripping to hard drive)?

Thanks

xDrive50i · 09-21-2011, 04:01 PM

I've tried playing lossless m4a (iTunes encoded) files from a USB stick but so far no luck. Mind you I haven't tried recently after all the software upgrades the car has undergone, so it's possible that it does support it now... will have to give this another try.

Anyway, the system would recognize the file and display the correct information in the iDrive screen, but it would not actually play the song. So I re-encoded about 7000+ songs in 256k m4a format and that worked. The 64GB USB memory stick allowed me to store just over 7000 songs. IIRC, there is a limit how many songs the iDrive system can handle...

Quality wise, I doubt you would hear the difference while driving.

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xDrive50i Lieutenant Colonel 51 Rep 1,754 Posts Drives: '09 750i individual Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: GTA iTrader: (0)	I've tried playing lossless m4a (iTunes encoded) files from a USB stick but so far no luck. Mind you I haven't tried recently after all the software upgrades the car has undergone, so it's possible that it does support it now... will have to give this another try. Anyway, the system would recognize the file and display the correct information in the iDrive screen, but it would not actually play the song. So I re-encoded about 7000+ songs in 256k m4a format and that worked. The 64GB USB memory stick allowed me to store just over 7000 songs. IIRC, there is a limit how many songs the iDrive system can handle... Quality wise, I doubt you would hear the difference while driving. __________________ 2009 750i individual \| Citrin Black Metallic \| Platinum Merino Extended Leather \| BMW Individual Composition Package (includes Sport Package) \| Dynamic Handling Package \| Multimedia Package \| Technology Package \| Executive Package http://www.7post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234432
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