ebrandon;185611 Wrote: > I downloaded the samples. Did a FLAC->WAV conversion. > > My slimserver is set to send WAV as WAV, not FLAC. The SB3 played the > files without incident, downsampling them to 48khz. > My SB3 is hooked up to an external DAC and a very high-end system. > > I found the samples fairly unimpressive both musically and in sound > quality. Tape hiss was quite intrusive, compared to many tape & film > mastered RCA discs from the 50s and 60s that I have in other formats > (CD, SACD, XRCD, etc.) I have many 44.1/16 CDs that sound much better.
Just wondering, how did you check if the SB3 downsampled it to 48Khz? Actually I did more testing, using dbPoweramp converter, I reconverted the WAV file into 24/96, which is the same format as the original file, and the WAV file seemed to work fine. I have not tried compressing it to FLAC yet. -- agentsmith SB2/Pioneer DV-S733A - Benchmark DAC1 - Naim Nait 5i - Naim Ariva Speakers. Storage via Buffalo 250GB LANStation, Linksys NSLU2 300GB USB drive, 720GB RAID One USB drive, Slimserver in Thinkpad T30 and T40p. Network using Panasonic HD Power over Ethernet and Buffalo WiFi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agentsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33156 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
