mamsterla Wrote: > FLACs are not lossy compressed. They ARE WAV files with a lossless > algorithm.
Flac is not wav, it is flac. My comments in this thread were referring to flac's sound quality as it comes out of the SQB, not the theoretical performance on paper or the good intentions of the flac inventor which I'm sure are without fault. But don't forget the layer of hardware and software added between the flac file and your ears which is not present with wav. Flac is far more dependent on the quality of these resources than wav is, and so is more sensitive to the playback equipment than wav. SQB can play both, so a comparison is easy to perform and is valid since all other system components remain equal. The difference in audio quality between wav and flac formats as played by SQB3 is definitely audible if both the listening equipment and the listener's expectations are sufficiently transparent. Rich -- richidoo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ richidoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21333 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
