USB Flash Drive

[ahblaza]

Guys, this is a simple unknowing question about a USB Flash drive. I have zero experience with downloading music. Can I download HD music to a 32gb flash drive from sites like HD tracks.com? I have no idea what to do. Will this drive store lossless audio files? What do I need to go to the HD Tracks site and download a HD track to my flash drive if it can even support this HD audio file. I just want to store some music on this flash drive and plug into USB of my receiver and play what is stored on this drive. Any suggestions would be much appreciated, is any of the above feasible with a 32gb flash drive? Thanks to all.
Jeff

[BoredSysAdmin]

Guys, this is a simple unknowing question about a USB Flash drive. I have zero experience with downloading music. Can I download HD music to a 32gb flash drive from sites like HD tracks.com? I have no idea what to do. Will this drive store lossless audio files? What do I need to go to the HD Tracks site and download a HD track to my flash drive if it can even support this HD audio file. I just want to store some music on this flash drive and plug into USB of my receiver and play what is stored on this drive. Any suggestions would be much appreciated, is any of the above feasible with a 32gb flash drive? Thanks to all.
Jeff

First make sure your receiver support Flac and HD Flac formats before buying the tracks. That you asking is possible if AVR is for example recent Denon model.
32Gb usb stick will hold about 90 hours of FLAC lossless audio

[ahblaza]

First make sure your receiver support Flac and HD Flac formats before buying the tracks. That you asking is possible if AVR is for example recent Denon model.
32Gb usb stick will hold about 90 hours of FLAC lossless audio

BS, I have an Onkyo 809 and 709, how do I know if either will support Flac files? Do I need software or anything like that to download from HD Tracks besides the flash drive, like I said I am completely ignorant of subject material. I think my receivers support FLAC and WMA and others, FLAC sampling rates up to 96kHz and bit rate of 8, 16 and 24. Does this mean anything?
Thanks

[BoredSysAdmin]

BS, I have an Onkyo 809 and 709, how do I know if either will support Flac files? Do I need software or anything like that to download from HD Tracks besides the flash drive, like I said I am completely ignorant of subject material. I think my receivers support FLAC and WMA and others, FLAC sampling rates up to 96kHz and bit rate of 8, 16 and 24. Does this mean anything?
Thanks

Yes, 809 support playback of Flac from front port USB and yes - you should be able to use usb stick with flac files on it
FLAC sampling is limited to (according to you) to 96khz/24 bit which is plenty...
There are some 192/24 Flacs as well - which you'd probably have to downsample (or convert) before your Onkyo could play them.

Just download the flac files and copy them to usb stick. stick in front of AVR and play them....

[ahblaza]

Yes, 809 support playback of Flac from front port USB and yes - you should be able to use usb stick with flac files on it
FLAC sampling is limited to (according to you) to 96khz/24 bit which is plenty...
There are some 192/24 Flacs as well - which you'd probably have to downsample (or convert) before your Onkyo could play them.

Just download the flac files and copy them to usb stick. stick in front of AVR and play them....

Thank you for the education..........