sgumnit;398355 Wrote: > There is another element we need to test. In this discussion thread we > have been converting files into different formats but are all software > converters the same? Do some software converters do the job better? > Do some converters modify the file's gain, EQ etc to "improve' the > sound and are not flat? > > I have assumed it was my imagination, but to me the SC conversion of > WAV to FLAC on the fly sounds worse than my FLAC files (converted by > DBPoweramp) streamed. > > Can you please test file converters impact on the sound?
Empirically speaking,conversion of lossless to lossless at the same bit rate (like WAV to FLAC) by definition adds or subtracts nothing. Converters that change sample rate or size, like sox downsampling 96/24 to 48/24 in Squeezecenter, or Phil using Foobar to downsample 96kHz to 44.1kHz can vary widely in quality. There is an extensive set of comparisions of sample rate converters at http://src.infinitewave.ca/ . Phil, there's a "Secret Rabbit" conversion plugin for Foobar that does a better job of downsampling than the stock Foobar downsampler - see http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/fb2k.html . Regards, Kim -- krochat ------ Acourate -> Inguz DSP -> SB3 -> GW Labs DSP (96kHz upsampler) -> Apogee Big Ben -> TacT RCS 2.2X -> 2x TacT S2150 -> Vandersteen 3a Signature + TacT W210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60041 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
