DrewSB;431628 Wrote: > Let's say you have a SB3 connected via Toslink to a receiver and are > playing FLAC files ripped from a CD. Is there any reason this would not > sound identical to the same CD being played through a decent CD player's > Toslink output? > Both players should be sending identical bits to the receiver, or am I > missing something?
No thats how it's works, it might even be better than a CD player a good ripping software outperforms any cd player, google EAC dBpoweramp accurate rip cd-paranoia and other variants. Nowadays you can get bit perfect rips without any problems. However if you use Replay gain tags it's going to come out at different levels so to get bit perfect output. Volume adjustment smartgain and similar functions should be off and the squeezebox should be set at 100% volume. Don't use software that do volume "normalization" that alters the signal the Replaygain system is only tag information, so it can be turned off by the player. (iTunes use a similar system called soundcheck ? I think) The squeezebox digital output works with 24bit so it pads up 16 bit words, the volume control also works in the 24 bit domain so in most cases a reasonable volume adjustment would not damage sound quality in practical use. How ever bit perfect has it uses and can easily be achieved if you want it. -- Mnyb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64430 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
