Audiophile quality songs in the Gladiator - .wav in USB stick

[hjdca]

Hi Guys, for my home system, I have been converting my CD collection to .wav files to put into my home music server. This can be easily done using ITunes on your computer. For the Gladiator JT Rubicon with the upgraded stereo, it works perfectly. I do not know about the other stereo options. I bought a 3.0 USB stick and stored the .wav files in folders based on the CD name. I plugged the USB stick in one of the USB inputs in the back seat that I am not using, and if you select the USB in the media file, you get a decent user interface to play all your .wav files. So far, I am up to 1000 songs and the user interface and access from the 3.0 usb stick is very fast. Of course, you can do the same thing with your phone, but, mine does not have the space, and a permanent USB stick in one of the USB slots gives everybody access to the songs. With full .wav files playing through the upgraded stereo, the quality of the sound is 10 times better than Sirius. Note: The Gladiator Stereo does NOT recognize .aif (apple lossless files) files, so, make sure you change the setting to .wav (standard lossless files) when you are ripping your cds.

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[rafaelsmith]

I do the same..except mine are .FLAC.

Only issue I have found is I have reached some sorta limit on either size or songs or both. I "think" it 32gb and depending on how the system reads the file system and how files system is layed out....its the first 32gb read(i have about 40+ GB of data on a 128gb stick)...not necessarily the first x songs. Oddly its not always the same set of files it ignores. Seems "random".

I have also had the case where I have added a song to the USB stick...that worked find before...plug it in and boom it reboots the Uconnect...every time. Removing file does not fix the issue...only way to fix is to reformat and recopy files back to it.


Another solution which seems to work pretty well...and while not the same quality as direct .wav or flac files is using Plexamp w/ Android Auto and streaming at highest possible bit rate form Plex Server.