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Feeding time at the HA zoo - again. This time main course is "FLAC vs. WAV".
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Posted on February 1, 2011 at 14:31:52 | ||
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All kinds of experts weigh in on inaudibility of differences between the two. Suffering hissy fits in the process, as usual. What I personally don't understand - why is it so difficult to realize that it's not the contents of the files that matters? NO ONE moves past the argument that no data is lost because of compression. NO ONE even mentions real-time processing and its implications. Of course, the fact that no one there owns a system that can resolve those differences, doesn't help either. The same goes for lack of listening skills of any kind. |
RE: Feeding time at the HA zoo - again. This time main course is "FLAC vs. WAV"., posted on February 2, 2011 at 00:20:49 | |
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It's not just the 12 years olds. I'm having the same discussions over at the Squeezebox forum with "experts" - mainly software programmers though (a very special breed). On a Squeezebox system you can choose between server based flac decoding vs. SB Touch based decoding. Server based decoding can be regarded pretty much the same as offline decoding. The client won't be loaded with the decoding work. Whereby load is a relative term. It's more about sharing the processor/ram for separate threads. That's why you experience differneces also at low CPU utilization levels. Guess what I advise - I advise to use server based decoding. And this
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RE: Guess what I advise - I advise to use server based decoding........, posted on February 2, 2011 at 05:16:48 | |
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Deaf But Trying? nt, posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:48:13 | |
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Huh? Can't hear ya... did you say Deaf Butt Trying? N/T, posted on February 2, 2011 at 15:26:52 | |
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Sorry, I can't hear too good and my system ain't resolving enough... (nt), posted on February 2, 2011 at 16:03:08 | |
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RE: "have a hardware issue" - certainly. We all do., posted on February 3, 2011 at 00:17:05 | |
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cPlay is hardly the best player! |
RE: Both you and Tony speak in terms of "ideal"., posted on February 3, 2011 at 07:29:52 | |
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Find us the perfect DAC... ...pleeease!!!! No more philosophical hot air talk. Get us facts on the table. As long as there is no (affordable) perfect world interface to the DAC in place, SW and HW modifications on the transport will have an impact on the SQ. It's that easy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- blog latest >> The Audio Streaming Series - tuning kit pCP |
Sure. Or just because I'm right. N/T, posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:16:30 | |
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RE: Health Effects of unnecessary microwave WiFi radiation., posted on February 4, 2011 at 13:43:02 | |
Best to don your tin foil hat - yours has antenna I hear. |