AndrewFG;362795 Wrote: > I notice that on Settings | Advanced | File Types | Apple Lossless, the > dropdown selection box for FLAC offers "alac/flac" whereas the dropdown > for WAV offers "alac". > > Does this mean that when Apple Lossless is transcoded to FLAC it goes > through first an ALAC processor and then a FLAC processor? Whereas when > it is transcoded to WAV it only goes through the ALAC processor? > > If so, then I would naturally assume that the simpler solution (via > WAV) would be better. Any comments?? > > Also what happens at the player end? Is WAV transcoded to FLAC or vice > versa? I may be a bit simple in the head (or I perhaps I am just an > audiophile) but I would imagine that whichever end-to-end path has the > fewer overall transcoding steps, would ultimately be the one that > sounds better??
>From a sound quality point of view, lossless is lossless and it doesn't matter how long the code path length is, the sound remains the same... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables Outdoors: Boombox+Creative Sub (If I remember to turn it on...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55442 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
