andy74;227466 Wrote: > Hi there, > > I am one of those "looney" audio reviewers. > If you don't hear the difference FLAC streaming vs WAV steaming, It > does not mean that there isn't one. Ignorance is bliss! > > I use HP power supply to feed the SB3 which shows 3 digits after the > point for current value. > When I stream Flac the current value changes in range 0.930-940 A > But when I stream WAV it changes in range 0.925-0.926A no more. > > So there is the diference between 10mA and 1mA. Why in the world > wouldn't I able to hear it in the end. > > Andrey
I am assuming that you are saying that your Squeezebox is drawing slightly (very slightly) more current when streaming FLAC. I would imagine that this is very possible since the SB has to work a little harder because it has to decode the FLAC. I think that this has been brought up before, that since the SB has to decode the FLAC it may change the sound because it is working harder. Personally I think that the difference would be extremely slight if there was any at all so for me I will continue to stream FLAC (it works better than WAV over marginal wireless networks). The good news is that your files can still be stored as FLAC, and have Slimserver decode to WAV that is sent to the SB. That way the files are smaller and can accomodate tags. My main gripe with all of the FLAC vs WAV debate is that many people don't understand what lossless compression is. They see the word compression and in just about everything that they experience in life it means some sort of compromise. They can't grasp how data can be stored in a compressed format that can be decoded to the EXACT bit for bit copy of the original. Maybe they are just skeptical. As a computer programmer it is kind of frustrating for me that people just don't seem to understand that it it is truly lossless. -- fred7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fred7's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6523 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38258 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
