mdm;553494 Wrote: > To be exact the FLAC is not a bitstream. It is a container, like APE or > WMA etc, which contains: header, metadata (tags) and compressed audio > frames. Any Squeez decodes this containers - uncompressed audio frames > into the bitstream and: > > *snip* > > So I believe that when talking about better sound of Touch they are > meaning the quality of its internal DAC.
Thanks for the info on the flac processing, interesting. I too thought the night and day type exclamations people have been making about the leap in sound quality must be due to better DAC processing within the Touch over earlier iterations. I'm struggling to believe that such a marked gain could be see when outputting the signal digitally, particularly if the causes are as discussed in the thread Peter linked to, namely reduced jitter and an improved s/pdif circuit. Sure these could well be worthwhile and audible improvements, but such a significant gain? I'm unconvinced (so far). -- Gruff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gruff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79500 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
