I can detect a noticable Hiss, how does the EMPEG cope with 48KHz MP3's? anyone notice a hiss?


I have a couple that I have made via DVD Rips (straight digital via the tools that the MPAA doesn't want anyone to have).

Empeg plays them without any problems, with no artifacts that my ears can hear. Certainly no hiss.

I'd say your sources have the problem. Also, I'd never say that a minidisc is BETTER than CD, as they use ATRAC lossy compression. Depending on the version of ATRAC that was used to encode the disc, it may be very close to CD quality, even perceptably the same, but I don't know of anyone that would say it was better. And earlier ATRAC wasn't very good anyways.