correct me if i'm wrong, but i believe the transporter does not support HW decoding for alac. for this reason, and because i use iTunes for library management, i've kept my library as AIFF. sure, takes up more space, but hard drives are cheap.
the other reason being i can hear the difference between alac coverted to flac on the server, and native aiff playback. i assume there is no firmware upgrade possible for the transporter that would provide HW decoding for alac. that said, i'm no longer using the analog outputs on the transporter- it now connects digitally to a meridian G61 processor. i suppose i should do some listening to see if there's still an audible difference between aiff/alac in my system. -- netchord -- 4 TB Drobo-->FW 800-->mac mini-->Ethernet Transporter--> Wireworld Eclipse 6 coax-->Meridian G61 G61--> Nordost Red Dawn-->Primare 30.3 Primare-->Ocos--Vienna Acoustics Beethoven/Maestro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ netchord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91185 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
