pablolie Wrote: > Obviously the discussion did not pass me by. Today I converted 2 > favorites to flac, and also to 320Mbps MP3, for comparison. > > The quality of FLAC is undeniable, running it through the DA input on > the Accuphase CD it sounds just like the original CD. With the MP3 at > 256, I can and could tell differences (even though it sounds great). At > 320, well, still differences to the original, but if there are > differences to 256 I can't tell. > > What did spoil my experience at the higher resolution (both FLAC and > 320) were dropout issues. Random issues that I must attribute to > buffering gone wrong. Never had a single issue at 256k. Wireless signal > quality is in the 80s. Me thinks it may be a streaming issue with > Slimserver itself. Not a performance issue with my computer - plenty of > memory and an Athlon 64 3k processor... I don't know. > > That puts an end to my thoughts about FLAC for now. Not with this > product generation for me, obviously not in my environment. The > convenience is awesome, and at 256k it was a rock stable listening > experiences. Dropouts are an utter an total no-no, I can't ever have > them. I know you'l tell me I should debug. I work hard enough during > the day, and 256k is reliable and just plain works and does what I want > it to do. This stuff should be plug and play, the initial setup wasn't, > and I don't feel like system testing things unless I get paid for > it... > > I'll see you later, CD replacement! Not yet, though, at least not > around my environment. Of course, as I write this, Sting's "Brand New > Day" has been playing in the background without any dropouts, sometimes > I hate technology and the random %$#@ around it. But while I can listen > to 256k knowing I have compromised quality for now, what I culdn't bear > is listening to a FLAC with the thought that is may drop out any second > in the back of my head... and upon looking it up, there's a lot of that > in the forums.
Sounds like a network problem to me. Unless your server is really, really bogged down with something extremely demanding? I stream WAV (about twice the bandwidth demand to FLAC) over an 11 Mbit/s WLAN, and it works fine. But I keep that WLAN to be used exclusively by the SB. (I have a separate WLAN for surfing.) -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21173 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
