Well, data IS data. :)
By default, SlimServer will convert WAV data to FLAC before streaming
to Squeezebox2 anyway (to reduce bandwidth and improve reliability of
playback), so unless you tweak the settings, you are going to be
streaming FLAC anyways.
There is no evidence that the conversion process between FLAC and WAV
introduces any audible artifact and given the tagging and storage
benefits and reduction of CPU and bandwidth requirements, I think
that FLAC is an obvious choice.
On Jul 29, 2005, at 7:48 AM, Simon wrote:
Thanks for the info Robin, that is a very useful breakdown of the
process. Is streaming the data across to the SB2 much the same as
reading a CD? If so the differences in sound quality between
different
transports is well documented; disk copies never play as well as their
orginal counterparts, and dirty CDs also make for poor playback,
although you could argue that data is data. Passing all those ones
and
zeros around is never completely without loss and error. As for the
disk space,it is no great penalty these days.
Still not convinced but trying to keep an open mind.
Simon
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