I've done extensive listening and measurement tests of: FLAC streamed as FLAC FLAC streamed as WAV WAV streamed as WAV WAV streamed as FLAC
...and can find no measurable or audible difference. These tests were with an SB3 (2 different ones) and a Touch. However, there is a theoretical possibility that client-side processing of FLAC MIGHT inject extra noise onto the spdif signal which MIGHT impact certain DAC's. This would certainly be player-specific and could not be taken as a general case conclusion such as "WAV always sounds different to FLAC". I do not believe anyone has yet been able to actually measure this noise/jitter. I wish someone would... I'm not disagreeing with Erik's findings, but I believe they may be specific to the Receiver and/or his DAC (or similar DAC's). -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - 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 Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
