ste1;419507 Wrote: > Seeking advice > > Does changing the bit depth on one's 16.44 flac files make a difference > to sound quality? > > The reason I ask is that over on the Lavry forums, they recommend > setting bit depth at 24bit regardless of what files you are outputting > to get best sound quality from ripped CD files through the Lavry DA10 > DAC. > > Apparently there is an option to do this on Macbooks but not aware of > this feature within Squeezecentre. > > My set up is Netgear Duo NAS > Netgear Router > Squeezebox Duet > Lavry > DA10 > Naim Supernait > PMC DB1i's with assorted Naim, Atlas, other > cabling and Sound Organisation stands. It sounds wicked but I'm an > upgrade junky.....so before I mess about with my music files I just > wondered if anybody had experimented with changing bitrate depths on > 16.44 flac files. > > I'm not a techy so don't understand why this would work - just > interested to know if it does? > > DBPoweramp has the option to set bitrate up to 32bits in it's DSP > settings. Would this make a difference to sound quality on ripped CD > files if I did this at 24 bits?
I fail to see how this could possibly work, since by default a spdif stream is 20 bits (not 16 or 24) with the LSB 4 bits set to zero. Sure you can set the extra 4 bits to zero making 16 bits of music and 8 bits of zero but... WHY? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62874 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
