Take a look at http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1297085 where Sean describes how he has proven bit-correct output for FLAC decoding in SB2. Given this bit-correctness, your findings seem a bit strange.
Steinar > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:discuss- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken > Sent: 31. mars 2005 20:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 audio quality. > > Hmm. Its also interesting that folks like yourself are quick to condemn > that post without knowing whether or not a problem actually exists. > > I am the person that posted that message on AudioAsylum, and ensuring that > the player options were properly set was the very first thing I did. To > ensure that nothing unexpected was going on I also monitored the Windows > task manager to watched for lame.exe and/or flac.exe processes. After > initial setup, the only thing I changed was the server settings under File > Types to cause the server to stream FLAC or PCM. Everything else remained > exactly as is. In neither case was lame being executed. > > I cannot explain the differences, nor am I attempting to condemn the > product. I have and enjoy both my SB1 and the new SB2 I received, but > noted that we could indeed hear audible differences between the two types > of streaming. I was (and are still) hoping that this information would be > taken constructively by the Slim Devices folks. I cannot explain the > reasons for the differences I hear, merely that they do indeed exist. > > Ken > > Jason wrote: > > Wonderful that an "audiophile" is so quick to condemn the product on a > > discussion board when he obviously has something hosed in his setup. > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >>Vidur Apparao > >>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:26 PM > >>To: Slim Devices Discussion > >>Subject: Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 audio quality. > >> > >>Mike Reeve wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Natan & Nicki Tiefenbrun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I'm hooking my SB up to a Linn > >>>>DAC, and even with raw WAVs it doesn't sound half as good as the CD > >>>>player with digital out, so I assume it's to do with the clocking. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>Hi > >>> > >>>Just in case you are running a wireless set up ... > >>>... have you checked (and I apologise if you have already > >> > >>done so) that > >> > >>>you have set Player Settings > Bitrate Limiting to No Limit? > >>> > >>>[Recall that it defaults to transcoding to 320Kbps MP3 ... > >>>... I forgot this once after changing my set up and had a moment of > >>>shock/panic until I remembered :-O] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>My suggestion exactly. We've done bit-accuracy testing with > >>FLAC, so it's definitely not in the decoder on the box. My > >>guess is that there's > >>MP3 transcoding going on. > >> > >>--Vidur > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Discuss mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
