jeffmeh;218346 Wrote: > Not exactly.... The files can be bit perfect but the act of > decompressing on the SB could change the sound. I do not think it > likely, but it is certainly possible. As an extreme (and silly) > example, what if when the SB chip natively decoded the FLAC it > indavertently created an audible pink-noise tone on the analog out? As > a more plausible example, what if it created some EMF that affected the > jitter on the digital path? Again, I am skeptical, but I must concede > the possibility.
If that were so, then DTS etc would not pass through. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37251 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles