Re: [slim] Why does Chrome Cast audio sound better than squeezebox classic?

2016-05-07 Thread bpa
Mnyb wrote: > Wow its apearently on by default on the analog out :) > > https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6290498?hl=en > > So op may have got "louder" sound this way and confused that with better > ? Or the hifi used is not suited for real dynamics . > This dynamic compression

Re: [slim] Why does Chrome Cast audio sound better than squeezebox classic?

2016-05-07 Thread Mnyb
Giza2020 wrote: > Can i ask a question...have you changed the setting in the chromecast to > allow the full dynamic range? Wow its apearently on by default on the analog out :) https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6290498?hl=en So op may have got "louder" sound this way and confused

Re: [slim] Why does Chrome Cast audio sound better than squeezebox classic?

2016-05-07 Thread Giza2020
Can i ask a question...have you changed the setting in the chromecast to allow the full dynamic range? Giza2020's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36318 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Why does Chrome Cast audio sound better than squeezebox classic?

2016-05-06 Thread bpa
mandryka wrote: > How do I check for that? Depend ons on which OS. When you are playing a stream - has LMS any subprocesses running somehting like faad, flac or sox. On windows socketwrapper.exe will be the controlling applications.

Re: [slim] Why does Chrome Cast audio sound better than squeezebox classic?

2016-05-06 Thread mandryka
bpa wrote: > Have you checked that no transcoding or resampling is happening ? How do I check for that? mandryka's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53967 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Why does Chrome Cast audio sound better than squeezebox classic?

2016-05-06 Thread bpa
Have you checked that no transcoding or resampling is happening ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105557

Re: [slim] Why does Chrome Cast audio sound better than squeezebox classic?

2016-05-06 Thread Julf
Man in a van wrote: > a certain movie clip springs to mind Indeed. 'This one' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFKT4jvN4OEhttp://). :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will

Re: [slim] Why does Chrome Cast audio sound better than squeezebox classic?

2016-05-06 Thread Man in a van
mandryka wrote: > I am convinced that music through my ChromeCast audio sounds better than > music through my squeezebox classic. Better image, more lively, more > real. Same DAC - both use the same external DAC, and same speakers and > amp. Same music files. > > Am I kidding myself? Can this