garym;604261 Wrote: > I can't speak to the consensus, but plenty of smart people on this forum > that know a lot more than me don't think that decoding on the server > side vs Touch matters to the ultimate sound quality. Try it both ways > and see what you think. It's just a couple of settings in SbS > > Settings > File Types. But beware of the placebo effect....if you can, > get someone else to make the changes and listen a bit both ways so you > are doing a blind test. For me, there is absolutely no difference in > either my TOUCH or my TRANSPORTER.
In general I'm in the camp that the soundcheck mods make a small but noticeable improvement - a little less hardness, a little more roundness to the sound. I'm guessing this is because of less RF interference. As far as the specific server side question: I don't notice a difference in SQ, but I do notice a difference in performance. Less delays, clicks, rebufferings, etc. Especially with 24/96 material. Not that there are a lot of problems when using the onboard decoding, just that they are more or less eliminated when switching to server side. That alone is a good enough reason for me to make the switch. There is one small downside to server side though. If you have an older SB player that doesn't native play hi-res, and play it synched to a Touch, the hi-res won't play over the synched player, as the server will output the native hi-res, and your "lesser" player won't be able to handle it. This doesn't happen when you decode onboard at each player. -- firedog Tranquil PC fanless WHS server running SqueezeServer; SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car; MF V DAC3, MF X-150 amp, Devore Gibbon Super 8 Speakers; Dual 506 + Ortofon 20 (occasional use); sometimes use PC with M-Audio 192 as digital source. SB Boom in second room. Arcam CD82 which I don't use anymore, even though it's a very good player. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83244 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
