bchab wrote: > No problem !! > > Processor activity on squeezebox has a strong effect on sound quality > (specialy for digital ouputs). > Change kernel priority for optical or usb output, you will see what i > mean. > On the fly decoding (for a flac straem) or TCP data reception (if PCM) > are not the same for processor. If will change the sound. > Buffer management too has effects on sound. It decides the way the > processor injects data in the real time output stream for digital > outputs. > > Bernard
.. Eh no , not in practice . however all this is a popular believe system in a subset of squeezebox users but no one have offered any substantial evidence for it ever . Same nutters even suggest the server OS as a source of problems.... This is simply " not how things work " digital audio don't work like this . In practice all reasonably well designed digital sources conected to reasonably well designs DAC will give the same result .the DAC will be happy if the signal quality is good enough and recklock and lock on the signal and give the same audio it gives with any source . Sorry if I offend you . But eventually you will get "advice" for your "problem" by the very people that spread all this misinformation to begin with and a forum is read by at least 10 times more people than participate I just want to offer my opinion on what's the real problem is. That's the end of my effort to help ( if even possible ) . If this had been 5-6 years ago I believed all off it and probably also" heard" the same differences . It is a real problem I know . But it's no an audio or engineering problem . There is however a slight possibility that by tweaking around you actually done something that truly offset the system for real . So start again with a clean slate a fresh LMS install ( remove all prefs and dB files etc ) . And a factory reset squeezbox Touch and try again . No tweaks no apps . You migth re introduce EDO if you need the USB support , the async USB functionality is a technical improvement if your Dac have it use it . It migth not be an directly audible difference but it is there on many DAC's . Ok you need EDO a for DoP if you use that . However the DSD plugin works with a stock Touch too , but no DoP . I suggest that you don't install TT3 or what's it called , it offers no actuall functional enhancements. The file types settings in LMS are mostly there for compatibility reasons with different servers and players , there is always a corner case where the default settings don't work. However for a typical user on x86 CPU machine and with any squeezebox >=SB2 there is often no reason to actually change any setting here ,these are not "audio quality settings ". -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102950 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
