Nash;301816 Wrote: > Thanks MuckleEck, > will give dbpoweramp a try. I have t say that I can hardly pick the > difference between flac and MP3 playback quality even when ripping with > EAC. > > The quality is ok but since the difference between files is not so > noticeable I'm not so sure that going to the trouble of ripping to flac > files is worthwhile. Is the difference in quality usually more > noticable? My hi fi is pretty reasonable so I have no issues there (it > think). Is it worthwhile (for sound quality) connecting the duet with > the network cable? There is a difference between flac and mp3. Whether that difference is noticeable depends on, among other things (a) bitrate of the mp3, (b) your audio system, including room acoustics, (c) the music you're listening to, (d) your ears, and (e) how closely you're listening.
IMO, if you're going to rip, you might as well rip to flac. Even if you can't hear the difference today, maybe you'll get a better system or your ears will get better at picking up the differences. You only want to rip once, so why throw away some data/music when it doesn't really take any longer to rip to flac? And if you already have .wav files, you don't need to re-rip at all -- you can just compress them using flac. The sound quality is not affected by whether the SB Receiver (SBR) is connected by cable or wireless. That is, unless the wireless connection is so bad that you are getting audio dropouts. When wireless is the problem the impact on sound quality is jarring, not subtle. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47537 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
