dhallag wrote: > Well, I am actually sort of kind of disappointed that the QNAP processor > was the problem. I was really hoping to NOT have to use LMS on a > computer. Yea it worked great for the touch 192/24 only. However, when > I added the Receiver to the mix, all hell broke loose. The only time it > didn't drop, was when it was processing anything equal or less than > 48/24. Using a computer with LMS had no problems, even transcoding my > one 192/24 album -- wait for it -- Thriller... ;) > > So now the question is this: > 1. The Receiver only does 48/24 so with that in the mix, everything > get's decoded down to 48/24. If I had two Touches, could the QNAP > processer be enough to stream to both as there would be no transcoding > at all... so basically, is the transcoding the root of the problem? > > 2. Or, is it the QNAP processor hung up on the larger files of 96/24 > and above... > > The only way for sure would be to test the system with two Touch's and > see if the QNAP can handle that as there will be no transcoding of > anything with two Touch's. so it seems that a second touch will do me > better than the transporter so once I get my second touch, I'll test and > post my findings... > > And of course this leads me to another question as well... is there any > benefit to get the 192/24 over the 96/24...
When you *synchronise players* to play the same thing you got to have to do that towards the least capable player so the weak player decides whatÂ’s it gona be , but the transcoding itself may not use much more cpu . But its obviusly going to happen more often with a 24/48 player involved . If the players are not synced ,when you are playing different stuff in each player and it so happens that a player gets a track it can't natively handle you may in worst case end up with two transcoding processes simultaneously or in best case no transcoding. But as individuals the *Touch is not going to revert to 48k if its unsynced *because you have a receiver ! So the quickfix is to not sync the receiver when playing 24/96 files and you be fine in a large library there are not many hirez files and those are often with more well recorded stuff that you tend to enjouy in fron of the "nice hifi" . The receiver does not have to be synced with it . If you want synced audio and not have things to crash on you when the occasional 24/96 file gets by then two Touches are very good and also actually some of the third party players with wandboard and RasPI and whatnot could do it to ! Another factor is the reciever not so good wifi if you happens to use that . it's very unlikely that one in a controlled test tell the difference between 16/44.1 and any hirez format . So obviously the diff between 24/96 and 24/192 is not a point to discuss yet :) before the first clause is proven... And then there is the matter of the quality of the actual recording very few are even up to CD standard so no lossles consumer format is the limiting factor on sound-quality its the recording itself in 99.99 % of the cases. The cause for a store like HD-tracks is that they sometimes can offer a better master of a recording ! thats why its sounds better . That said it can be nice to have slosh margin for production errors etc so 24/96 ok but why 24/192 ? if its of the same origin . So IMO 24/96 is the level of overkill you migth need to be safe . So you migth just use some software to convert the 24/192 files to 24/96 offline . -Touch can be modified to handle 24/192 on it digital output only- so thats not going to work if you use the analog out . Sligthly OT : The company that build my shoddy Hi-Fi limited most of their hardware to 24/96 (Meridian se my sig) because it s was of no use as a consumer format (studio is another thing ) :) Meridian happens to think that a little better than reedbook CD can be needed in some cases and they like discrete multichannel hence they developed the DVDA format and MLP (Now re-branded as Dolby TRue HD for blueray ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101270
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