You're not likely to hear any real difference unless there's a problem
with the FLAC decoder in the Squeezebox firmware.  Generally, the
firmware tends to be pretty good, so you probably won't find one.  But
if you do hear a noticeable difference (that is, you or your wife can
*reliably* pick out flac-decoded-on-server versus
flac-decoded-on-squeezebox), then you should definitely report a bug.

Flac is lossless compression, so if the firmware is working properly,
you should get a bit-for-bit identical result either way, and sending
it as wav takes more bandwidth and more CPU time on the server.  The
Squeezebox is highly optimized for that function -- best to do the
decoding there.


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