basslover99 wrote: > Thanks for the info. I checked and all of them are off. > > I can easily A/B Ickstream vs. LMS alone and at equal volume, one is > much clearer than the other. That's why I asked if one goes through the > computer or not because doing so would degrade the sound. But the > stream apparently doesn't go through the computer, so my mystery > remains.
Very odd. And it seems you are talking about very obvious differences (not subtle "audiophile" musicality type nonsense). Just to be clear, you can have someone else A/B the source without you knowing what it is (single blind) and always pick one source from another? If so it is a real mystery. Tidal should sound identical whether fed to the duet receiver from LMS > ickstream vs LMS > tidal app. And you are 100% certain that there are no Tidal settings in ickstream vs the app in LMS that are different (volume normalization turned on, you've told one to feed 16/44.1 and the other to feed the lower quality lossy tidal versions, etc. etc.????? *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win8(64) > LMS 7.9 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng8 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105683 _______________________________________________ Duet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/duet
