My guess is there is a problem with the software/hardware somewhere. The fact that FLAC's suddenly sounded "normal" to me when I switched Native to Disabled is odd. Particularly when my mind wasn't expecting to be any different. The funny thing is I've had WAV's set up all wrong the entire time. I noticed today that they were converting to FLAC's. I thought to myself, geezs when I disable the conversion, my wav files will sound WAY better. But, nope. I could not hear a difference.
As for why I can hear a difference between FLAC and WAV when FLAC is set to default (Native), who knows. When I first noticed it last year it took all but a few seconds to realize something wasn't right. That's when I got my friend to test me a few times, which essentially confirmed it's not in my head. My description of the difference is the same as a couple others here, in earlier posts. Less air, VERY slightly narrower sound-stage. Also to me it's VERY SLIGHTLY MORE fatiguing. Anyway, I'm not complaining, I don't care if some or all of you don't believe me. I'm just glad I have found a way to play FLAC's, because filling up my HD with WAV's was silly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fizbin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
