Phil Leigh;342518 Wrote: > They make perfect sense. > > You are comparing MP3 on a SLIMP3 against lossless FLAC on an SB3, > right? > > 1) If the SB3 was faulty it might sound worse than the SLIMP3 > 2) If the rips were faulty in some way they might sound better when > transcoded compared to the raw sound of the FLAC, because the problem > might be masked or reduced during the transcode. > 3) If you were accidentally transcoding to (say) 128 for the SB3 it > could sound worse than the SLIMP3 on a higher bitrate. Remember that > these settings are player-specific. > > All of the above have been previously encountered by other forum > members, although not to my knowledge in the context of a comparison > with a SLIMP3. > > You've ruled out 3. That leaves 1 or 2 or your initial hypothesis that > the SLIMP3+MP3 simply outperforms the SB3+FLAC. > What bitrate are you using on the SLIMP3? > How were the rips created? EAC or similar in secure mode?
I catch your drift but as I said earlier, even non-transcoded mp3s sound better on the slimp3, so that about reduces the possibilities to: 1) My unit is faulty 2) The slimp3 is actually better than the SB3 3) As NonReality suggests, I might just prefer the sound of the slimp3 over the SB3 I dont have another SB3 to compare and check if there is a problem with my unit. I live in Europe and sending my unit back for support would be a costly pain. On the other hand, I might as well repeat myself... would it be shamefull for anyone to run an A/B test and tell us what they think? -- jimi00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jimi00's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16771 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=4862 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
