I've got a Touch that I've been using to stream 24/96 flac files of vinyl transfers. I've implimented the Soundcheck's Mods and had the Squeeze Server configured to do the flac decoding. The Squeeze Server is running on an iMac and the Touch is connected to the network by direct ethernet. I'm using an Asus Eeee Pad tablet running Squeeze Controller to control everything.
I have liked the sound (using both the analogue out and an external DAC) but the files always seemed to sound better when I played them directly on the MAC to a USB audio interface (M-Audio FastTrack Pro) that I use as my monitor while doing the vinyl transfers. Today I was looking at the information screen for the file being played..... as displayed on the Squeeze Controller screen. It indicated that the file was PCM with a data-rate of about 3Mbits (which is about right for 24/96 audio) but then in brackets it said (downconverted to 1.4Mbits) which I believe is 16/44. I went back to Squeeze Server and changed the advanced configuration to have it pass the Flac files to the Touch for decoding. My information screen now indicates that the file is Flac with a data-rate of app 3Mbits. No downconversion happening!! The sound has improved significantly. The sound stage has opened up greatly and the sound is much smoother. Like going from 2D to 3D. Moral...... be careful if you are streaming hi-res files. I'm not sure how the Flac decoding is happening within the Suqeeze Server, or if there are settings for it, but it appears that it can downconvert your hi-res stuff to 1.4M. The next DAC I get will have to have incoming data-rate indicator lights so that I can spot problems like this faster. -- PBass_Forever ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PBass_Forever's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=51604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91817 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
