drmatt wrote: > Usually this comes down to those particular files containing a different > type of tag, or are set to a different bit depth or sample rate from the > others. I'm not going to comment on the audibility other than to say > there shouldn't be any reason at all, but I've been using spdif for > years and don't rely on the built in DACs anyway. > > > -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk-
BTW, FYI, I'm playing through an SOTM SMS-100 running squeezelite (connected to network switch with CAT7 cable, LMS running on a QNAP NAS connected to the same switch), with its USB output connected to an Esoteric K-03 as DAC. I retried a back to back listening test between going flac direct and wav transcoded this morning. There is still a subtle but audible difference (though I do acknowledge that there's hardly any technical reason for this), but whether it's better or worse either way would probably be down to listener's preference. untranscoded is slightly warmer and transcoded is slightly more open. The difference seems to be much less than what I remembered during the days when I was using an SBT as the renderer. I'm leaving it on FLAC direct for now to see if I can "live with it" in the longer run, and save the trouble with the problem tracks. Thanks again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eduardoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25850 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108816 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
