netchord wrote: > of course not- I'm only trying to underscore that *in a given system* > differences in file type might be audible. the consensus from the rest > of you seems to be that ALAC, AIFF, WAVE, FLAC will always sound the > same, no matter the system. > > i don't believe the latter statement is true, and my own experience > proves it...to me.
IMO, given that the above are all "bit perfect", if you hear a difference, then it means somewhere along the path, some component is failing at its job in decoding. An alternative is that the machine is being overtaxed or inadequate to decode the compressed stream such that noise is being produced in the process. Either way, the piece of equipment should be replaced. Or there's perceptual inaccuracy. Systematic testing is the only way to diagnose the cause. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98630 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
