pkfox wrote: > Hello All, I recently purchased a Squeezebox and would like some advice. > My Hi-Fi setup is a Meridian 551 amp, Meridian 506 Cd player and some > very nice Monitor Audio gold speakers - all hooked up with decent > interconnects and cabling. My questions are: > > 1 - Do I need an external DAC ? > 2 - What's the best format for the encoding ( I currently use Flac ) ? > 3 - How can I utilise the digital output ? > > any other pointers very welcome - silly me I thought I could plug it in > and go but I can definitely hear a sound degradation compared to the cd > player
One thing to check if it's a wireless player: make sure you're not restricting the streaming bit rate, i.e. transcoding to mp3. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
