I would say the difference is one of order vs energy, in that the native decoding orders the music better, whilst the alternative has a little more energy.
As an example, I listened extensively to the track "Secretly" by Skunk Anansie. When played with native decoding it becomes obvious how Skin phrases her vocal delivery to drop the words exactly to the timing of the band, little pauses here and there to ensure this happens. With the same track transcoded on the server, this becomes somewhat obscured. As I said, the transcoded file has a little more energy, but to my view this is at a cost. Somewhat like comparing a CD player to the TP. I suppose 'slightly brash' would be a reasonable description. I do know that some people prefer the transcoded wave stream, and the trade of may be personal and system dependent. My system is not short on energy, and so doesn't need any help in this respect. What I like is that this is a tweak that is free, reversible, and takes but a second to try. Why not have a go yourself and see what you think. If you are running wireless, then the extra bandwidth of the wave stream may cause problems, where you previously had none. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44360 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
