mtan002;349837 Wrote: > My SB3 has no problem playing 24/96 tracks downloaded from HDTrack. > Labels like RR and Chesky are OK. But playing 24/96 tracks from Linn is > not the same. They all started OK. But after 15 seconds or so, I heard > pops and cracks and the voice become muddy. > > You huys have the same experience? > > Cheers.
First off, the SB3 WILL NOT play 24/96! If you want to get what you are paying for and use the full files, it is time to buy a Transporter or you might as well save your money and just DL Red Book files. Only the Transporter will play 24/96 native properly. The SB3 is not a smart device so it attempts to use the FLAC File you feed it. To do this, it drops every other bit to get down to 24/48. Also just because a company says they are 24/96 downloads, this doesn't mean they are true 24/96 songs. I did a DL of a supposed 24/96 HDCD and it is the exact same 16/44.1 file as the Red Book CD I ripped at home. Digging deep into the tagging, the CD files were tagged as being ripped by one of the large commercial ripping houses. So if the RR and Chesky play OK, they could be 16/44.1 or 24/48 dressed up and sold as 24/96! In the new HiRes download market, it is buyer beware. This new area that we are drooping over is full of snakes and cheats. -- iPhone *iPhone* 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/mephone) Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 Mobile: SB3, Audioengine A5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53790 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
