A year ago, I ripped my CD collection in Apple Lossless format via iTunes. With Squeezebox sending the music to a $2,000 amp+speaker system via digital connection, I expected beautiful music. I was disappointed. The sound was muffled and vague.
A couple days ago, I got tired of dealing with Apple's proprietary way of doing business, so I uninstalled iTunes and converted from Apple Lossless to FLAC. Now Squeezebox sends music in its native tongue, as it were. AND THE SOUND IS SUDDENLY AWESOME!! It's like I have a whole new music library!! Now the amp + speakers are producing crystal clear, full, rich sound with live concert hall depth, harmonics, and brilliance. Something I've never read in the Squeezebox literature or in this forum is that there must be a significant loss that takes place when SqueexCenter Server converts Apple Lossless to FLAC when sending Apple Lossless music files to Squeezebox. By dropping iTunes and converting the music files from Apple Lossless to FLAC (and switching to MediaMonkey as my jukebox), listening to my music has become a joy. Just wanted to share this experience in case any other Squeezebox users have their music files stored in Apple Lossless. You may want to convert to FLAC! -- macsband ------------------------------------------------------------------------ macsband's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8488 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75064 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
