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In Reply to: RE: Disagree with the FLAC Recs......... posted by Todd Krieger on September 20, 2014 at 20:56:11
The processing required to decode FLAC is less than the processing required to decode MP3, despite the extra data that has to be moved. You must have had a very poor implementation of FLAC for it to sound worse than MP3, or perhaps one of those recordings where the MP3 sounds better than the original CD. (There are some. There are others that sound even better when the stereo is turned completely off...)
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"The processing required to decode FLAC is less than the processing required to decode MP3, despite the extra data that has to be moved."
While that may be true (never investigated it), the end result is what matters......
"You must have had a very poor implementation of FLAC for it to sound worse than MP3, or perhaps one of those recordings where the MP3 sounds better than the original CD."
I've tried quite a few implementations.... Any recommendations?
It's difficult enough getting the jitter under control with non-compressed data..... Why complicate matters?
How are you playing FLAC, WAV and MP3 files with your computer? What's the player software, driver, OS, type of connection to the DAC, type of DAC? How are the hardware components powered? Do you do any DSP in the computer such as upsampling?
I am tempted to try the iBasso DX90 portable player.... It does have FLAC capability, I guess I could find out if a high end player makes a difference in the quality of the FLAC playback.
"I am tempted to try the iBasso DX90 portable player.... It does have FLAC capability, I guess I could find out if a high end player makes a difference in the quality of the FLAC playback."
Yes Todd please try something, if MP3s sound better there is something wrong somewhere in your system.
Todd, you are a lot more patient on this than I am.Should it turn out that the quality of FLAC playback is actually dependent
on how the decoding is implemented in any particular player or type of playback equipment used,it still appears to have "a fly in the ointment".Heh,heh,heh... this is great to know,if you are'nt that heavily invested (in time,effort & "Moolah") yet in how you've "built" your playback system. If you do happen to be, it's probably easier to stick with the "Horses that Brung Ya"(WAV files)& "Gershwin it" (You know..."Call the whole thing off")
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