I have always had more hearing loss in my left ear than right ear.
Lately, not being terrifically young any more, it's been giving me
problems using headphones. Not only do I miss some of the violins on
the left (I'm a classical nut), but I get weird sensations that the
music is out of tune. With speakers there's no problem because all
sound reaches both ears.
In case anyone else has a similar issue, there is a way to change stereo
flacs to mono on the fly. This solves both the violin issue, and the
out of tune issue, at the cost of 'the stage'. For me that's a
no-brainer - the music is what matters.
So, on linux I edited file /etc/squeezeboxserver/custom-convert.conf to
include:
Code:
--------------------
# FLAC output for mono to Touch
flc flc * 00:04:20:22:70:65
# IR
[sox] -q -t flac $FILE$ -t flac -c 1 -
--------------------
Where the 00:04... text is the mac of my Touch. This line converts
flacs to flacs with only one channel when playing on that device. I
have checked that both channels are still present, but merged, and they
are both there, just played in mono.
I'm fortunate in that my pre-amp, fed by the Touch, is also directly
supported by the UPnP bridge as a different player, so I can play stereo
or mono as I wish by selecting the appropriate player.
I assume something similar will work on Windoze. I hope no one else
needs it, but if you do, this is one solution,
LMS 7.9.1 on VortexBox Midi box, Xubuntu 17.04, FLACs 16->24 bit,
44.1->192kbps. Touch & EDO. 2nd Touch standard.
LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge to MF M1 CLiC (to A308CR amp & ESLs) &
Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers.
Alternatively Minimserver & Upplay to same & to upmpdcli/mpd PC
renderers.
Squeezelite to Meridian USB Explorer DAC to PC speakers/headphones.
Wireless Xubuntu 17.04 laptop firefox/upplay or Android 'phone with
Squeeze-Commander/BubbleUPnP controls LMS/Minimserver.
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