Heimiko;132585 Wrote: 
> If my memory serves me well, the native MP3 decoding on the squeezebox
> uses all its 24 bits to make the stream as accurate as can be, while
> decoding the MP3 stream to FLAC on the computer would only use 16
> (possibly depending on the implementation of the software decoder). But
> if this were the case, coding FLACs from MP3's might actualy sound
> worse....   i might be wrong though :-)

I reckon so!

But the point about FLAC tags made earlier is a very good one - in fact
I've done this myself (for the three mp3 files I possess.

There is absolutely NO sonic reason why you would encode your mp3's as
FLACS.


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