Squeezemenicely wrote: > > Lossless Streaming services do sound better than lossy Streaming > services - this is a completely different discussion than the lossy / > non lossy debate. > The lossy streaming services simply do nt sound as good as the should/ > could. > >
this is an important point, as I have seen other discussions, including in this thread, questioning whether some odd volume normalization scheme is being used by some of the streaming services which can even make the 320kbs files not transparent. That's certainly a variable that is not present in a typical comparison of high bitrate lossy vs lossless. *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* several Touch, Radio, SB3 *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & 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=102351 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
