[slim] Hi Rez

2011-05-06 Thread irasilv
Bought an external DAC hoping to download and play 24 bit/96 khz hi rez files. Need help. Does the Duet support this sampling rate? Do I need a special media player on the computer holding the files? -- irasilv

Re: [slim] Hi Rez

2011-05-06 Thread mdconnelly
I believe the Duet will only stream 24/48 but will down-convert cleanly. The Touch streams 24/96. I simply store my 24/96 flac files as I do any other CD-ripped flac files. SqueezeCenter knows what to do. -- mdconnelly Mike

Re: [slim] Hi Rez

2011-05-06 Thread Bytec
Duet is capable to stream 24bit / 48KHz files max. So I keep 2 versions of my Hi-resolution files: - 24bit / 48KHz (or 44.1KHz if source is n*44.1KHz) SoX max quality down-converted version; - Original version. I use down-converted version in my SqueezeboxServer and original version with my

Re: [slim] Hi Rez

2011-05-06 Thread Phil Leigh
irasilv;629669 Wrote: Bought an external DAC hoping to download and play 24 bit/96 khz hi rez files. Need help. Does the Duet support this sampling rate? Do I need a special media player on the computer holding the files? NO. The Duet does not support 48Khz to either internal or external

Re: [slim] Hi Rez

2011-05-06 Thread Phil Leigh
Bytec;629678 Wrote: ... I believe real time re-sampling sacrifices quality. No it doesn't. The results are identical done online or offline. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense