mazeeff wrote: > Excellent. That worked great! Apologies for being a bit of a noob, but > my understanding is that a 1411kb/s PCM stream is CD quality and > lossless. Spotty by default appears to convert to a 705kb/s Flac stream > to be compatible with all Squeezbox devices. I was under the impression > the 705kb/s Flac stream was lossy, compared to the 1411kb/s stream. > Regardless, both streams sound fantastic on my Dynakit ST120 tube amp!!! > I'll be sticking with Spotty! > > Mike
Spotify does *not* stream lossless files (for example, TIDAL does have a lossless streaming service). Spotify streams high bitrate lossy OGG files. LMS then converts the OGG file to something that plays on many different squeezebox players (e.g., FLAC). Converting a lossy Spotify stream to PCM doesn't magically turn it into lossless. A FLAC stream is not necessarily lossy. FLAC is a lossless codec, and decodes to the exact same 1411kbs lossless stream before being played. So a FLAC file ripped from the CD (lossless) is still lossless. But it is still just a container. I can convert a lossy mp3 file to FLAC and it is lossy. I can convert a lossy mp3 file to PCM and it is still lossy, as the underlying file is lossy. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.4) > LMS 7.9.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4) > LMS 7.9.1 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win8(64) > LMS 7.9.1 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Transporter, Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(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=107615 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
