pfarrell Wrote: > On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 18:29 -0800, newton wrote: > > I have looked around at the forums a little, but I am trying to > decide > > if I should start re-ripping my CD's for the SB1 at 320 bit or FLAC > and > > use transcoding. I will try to find out more about encoding - VRB or > CRB > > if I use MP3 format instead of FLAC, or if FLAC to MP3 transcoding > to > > the SB1 is better. > > > > As a rookie, I would welcome any suggests or pointers (other than > "Get > > an SB3". That will have to wait awhile!) > > Use FLAC and forget all the VBR/CRB bull. > Never touch your CDs again. > > Assuming you have a decent server and network connection, > the server Flac to WAV decompression is what you want. > I use it and love it. > > I've got three SB1s, some day I'll get some SB3. > Maybe Santa will do it soon, but if not, I'm happy. > > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
I agree - if one is using good quality audio gear, FLAC is the way to go. I'm not sure, however, how CPU intensive the "on the fly" FLAC to WAV conversion necessitated by Squeezebox 1 is. I never tried it before I converted from SB1 to SB3 - and I have a n older computer (650 Athlon Classic Slot A) -- Cleve Two-channel system; McIntosh MC2205 amplifier McIntosh MAC4100 receiver Klipsch CF-4 speakers Denon DR-M3 Cassette Deck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cleve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2048 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18691 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
