If you have a DAC thats indicates icomming sample and bitrate. it's quite easy to see that you indeed get 24/96 .
Also with the right logging turned on the server settings you see in the server wich transcoding parameters that where choosen for the transcoding. it has also been tested to death before, this Q pops up every odd week since forever since SOX transcoding where introduced. They should really change this bitrate indicators to be more correct. But it's given low or no priority as the performance is not affected only the piece of mind of audiophiles ;) It's a cosmetic bug . Not really it is a bug that hit the forum as we have a tread about it every week :-/ My suggestion has always been that this indication is not really needed, just say "transcoded" or similar. Normal users wont care, audiophiles get upset with the current bug, and the OCD's among us can always use the logg functions to verify our settings ;) yes I have done that... and peekat at what my DAC is reporting 96k 88.2k 44.1k or 48k. " -Now, it is generally accepted that converting FLAC-Files on the Server (and not on the touch) delivers better sound quality (like suggested e. g. on http://www.computeraudiophile.com/co...x-Touch-Review )- " No it's not generaly aceppted that it is soo, maybe by some audiophile fringe, but it has no basis in reality or science. Same audiphile's places rocks on their components, and spray their cables with mystical iontments from nordost ? If one hear a night and day diff it usually down to use of replay gain tags and volume adjustment setting (many have such tags and the funtion is sometimes on) not realising that the overall volume will be roughly 10dB lower, just turn of volume adjustment and they are the same. As the transcoded stream does not cary these tags replay gain will not be used with WAV so it will ofcourse be a staggering diff as wav is much louder. With all volume adjustment settings off it should be the same. Bit perfectness can be tested with a DTS track encapsulated in normal stereo wav or flac , if one bit is off your HT processor will only output white noise. You can test he whole chain, burn such track on a cd and rip it with your normal settings and it easy to see if something is changing the bitstream somewhere from CD ripper to tags or sbs settings or other things. DTS will only work with the volume at 100% btw as the digital volume also shiftsd the bits, so the "dts bit" will be off and the processor confused. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) PLEASE FIX BUG 112 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84787 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
