Since the day I received my SB 2 I felt that I could hear differences between streaming WAV vs FLAC. I switched between the two often and always went back to WAV as the better sounding option. I asked a friend (also with an SB 2) if he could hear the same differences on either his or my system and he indicated that he couldn't. Out of curiosity, I had him run a blind comparison of the two streaming methods for me and he tallied the results. After about 10 rounds of ABX comparisons between FLAC and WAV streaming, the results determined that I couldn't reliably hear the difference between the two. With that knowledge I switched back to FLAC and left it that way for several weeks. In that time, however, the sound still didn't seem quite right to me and so I swapped back to WAV. With that change the sound reverted to the way I expected and I've kept it that way ever since.
It's hard to say if the testing we did has its limitations or if my head just keeps playing tricks on me. But FLAC and WAV streaming do sound different to my ears, and I'm pleased that Slim provides us with both options :). - Ken jeffmeh wrote: > Hey, I'm pretty much of an audio objectivist, so I share your > skepticism. However, I cannot categorically rule out that someone > might be able to hear a difference on some system. An ABX test would > be pretty enlightening. :-P > > > _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
