adamslim;203434 Wrote: > I just got DBPowerAmp to downsample to 48kHz. Comments: > - You need to pay for the DBPA that can do this DSP. Dead cheap. > - I decided that getting the downsampling done outside of the SB made > sense - better sound (although not really tested fully), lower > bandwidth usage, usage of SB3 within spec etc > - For some reason, I needed to decompress to wav then downsample. DBPA > couldn't convert flac properly. > > The 24-bit files sound great - why wait for a future version of the > firmware, when it's so easy now? > > Adam
I agree that the best way to play these on a SB2 or SB3 is to decode to wav, downsample to 24/48, then encode to FLAC with compression setting 0. That generally solves all the CPU problems. I also think that the jump from 16-bit to 24-bit is more sonically significant than the jump from 44.1kHz to 96kHz. Side note: I believe it's possible to make a Video DVD containing those 24/96 files in full resolution. It might be interesting to do a listening test of the SB3 using 24/48 vs a DVD player serving the same music at 24/96 to the same DAC. -- Pale Blue Ego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34985 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
