amcluesent;227273 Wrote: > If you run Excel on a PC and Mac and enter '=2+2' you'd expect the > answer to be '4', although the source code, version and compiler is > different. >
You're partly right, however -expectations- and -reality- are different. I know from hard won experience that having a program or algorithm execute successfully in one environment (eg Windows x86) merely increases the probability that it will execute successfully on another (eg Linux PowerPC). > > Decompression of FLAC is defined by a algorithm, so the output must be > same unless there is an error in the program logic. > The algorithm (ie theorectical operation) dictates that the output should in theory be identical. But the algorithm requires a physical manifestation (ie an implementation comprising actual code written in some programming language). For each implementation, there are likely several versions of the implementation as bugs get fixed, or new features get implemented. This is even before we get to the physical nature of the cpu, etc. I'm not trying to argue whether there is or is not a difference, audible or not. I am merely saying that there are many reasons why showing that wav->flac->wav on Windows is -not- sufficient to prove (100%) anything about the outcome on the SB3. It does increase the probability that the SB3 is also doing the -expected- thing. -- quietdragon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quietdragon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10412 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38258 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
