Phil Leigh wrote:
> Reading another amusing thread on the merits of streaming flac vs wav
> reminded me to post in this thread...
> 
> If you insist in streaming WAV you will not be able to play the 24-bit
> flacs - they transcode into white noise!
The 24bit files that WMP outpts are actually 20bit files with 4bits 
added it seems. FLAC simply remove the empty 4bits when encoding and the 
  FLAC ends up as a 20bit file. My SB plays the FLAC file, but with to 
low volume. To fix this I open the Cronotron WAV in Adobe Audition and 
resave it in the same format. This WAV plays on the SB and the FLAC file 
is 24bit.
> 
> Stick with streaming FLAC and the 24 bit-files play fine...
> 
> or do they? Can anyone confirm that if we send a 24-bit FLAC to the SB
> it comes out as 24-bit PCM (into the DAC) and not a 16-bit one?
> 
> 

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