> Please guys dont try to ridicule me for wasting space - its my space > and it is cheap and who knows what compression format will be with us > in five years time - I am happy uncompressed WAV - you choose FLAC I > will choose WAV - no problem.
This is my exact reason for using FLAC, because I can easily transcode my entire collection to the next best codec (actually I already transcode to mp3 for use on portables), yes you can do this with WAV but as you have seen tagging WAV is not exactly easy and for my collection having good tags is a requirement which i would assume would be for anyone with a decent collection. Sorry if I got a little ruffled. You may have found a problem with the SB2 FLAC decoder, however I can not test that because I only have a SQ1. Work with the dev team about resolving the problem, they have been very good at handling such items. However just a point of reference it is pretty much impossible to do a true blind test without assistance, yours is close but not truly blind. Also your tracks used, you had a FLAC and WAV of each track right? My complaint is your argument that by decoding FLAC to PCM (on any correctly working decoder) there is some how a change in the quality of the data. Which it is just that DATA, and it is been proved over and over that it is the EXACT same data. I do not care what the format original was in, if the data is exactly the same going into the DAC it will produce the same audio out of the DAC. Any difference you can hear is placebo. > What you mean there isnt a measurable difference when you take two > dissimilar metals (or whatever conductor you like) and join them (as in > cable to connector via solder to circuit), no impedance change? No > reverse electrons zooming back up the wire colliding with those coming > down - in that case obviously there is also no advantage from a better > or easy conductive load and no need to play with cable structure and > build (as in Kimber cables excellent RFI dumping weave) or materials > (as in carbon fibre mix or silver for vdh). Good luck with your > speakers - try a bit of wet string to connect them to the amp A marketing persons dream here. Yes measurements are ALL that is needed, their is no voodoo magic in audio or electronics. My speakers actually are quite good, hooked them up with nice 14ga 2 conductor power cord, used bananna plugs just to make connecting easier since I swap speakers out alot. I have pics of the first set I built, which are based on a design by another fellow. These do not go very low ~80 Hz (small drivers), however the are very precise in the vocal range and highs. Which is good since I made these for my Home Theatre and use a subwoofer to cver the areas below what these speakers can drive. I had to use small drivers because I am married and the wife has final word what can go in the living room, and she does not value function of form as much as I do. My next project will be a pair of nice 2-way bookshelf speakers for the "listening" room. http://www.thetank.org/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=speakerproj -- m1abrams _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
