aubuti;167369 Wrote: > VBR is Variable bitrate and CBR is Constant bitrate. The VBR compression > algorithm uses higher bitrates for more complex music, and lower > bitrates for less complex music. So for less complex music it throws > away more data, yielding smaller file sizes. If the same VBR quality > setting was used for all the files, and your ears tell you that the VBR > files with lower bitrates sound worse, then it's not doing a good job of > choosing the bitrate. If the lower bitrate is the result of choosing a > lower quality setting, then you should expect it to sound worse. > > The Sound Retriever sound was barely improved from *which* direct > stream, the mp3 or the flac? Also, you explained why you list your gear > in your sig, but I don't see any speakers in that list....
thank you for the information, I had a feeling that was it just wanted to be sure. When I played the Mp3 files of the CD, I played the same songs using the Sound Retirever (normal stereo) and without it on, the retriever does not work in Direct stream. I had my wife switch the settings back and forth so I would not know the setting when listening. That way I could not be bias. Speakers: Center......Jensen CCS (not used for music listening) Fronts......Optimus LS30 (mounted 7' up 20 deg tilt down) Sub.........Optimus Pro Sw200 Rears.......Optimus Pro X77s (not used for music listening) One other feature on the receiver that made big diffirence is the use of the MCACC setup system. It uses a mic and test tones to set your system to your rooms enviroment, hardwood floors/carpeting/sound refection off walls/speaker distance..etc With my old receiver I used an analog sound meter (hand held), but I could only set it for the HT mode. this new one does it for each type of listening mode you want. -- Recoveryone Pioneer Elite Fall in! SqueezeBox 3 Pioneer Elite VSX-81TX Pioneer Elite DV-45A Pioneer Elite M53 CD Pioneer M66R Cassette Server running on P4 2.8 gigHz 2 gig DDR Dual Channel ram Xp Home edtion Sp2 2x 80 gigHD(music/SS on same drive) Linksys 54g wireless router PCI Linksys 54g adapter card w/HG antana ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recoveryone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9205 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31237 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
