Robin Bowes Wrote: > > > The only ways I can think of that could possibly cause any difference > are: > > 1. flac decoding routine in SB firmware is not correct - unlikely, and > I > seem to remember that it has been confirmed that the decoding is > accurate by recording SPDIF data from the digital out and comparing to > the original PCM data. > > 2. The decoded PCM data is fed to the DAC in a different way than PCM > data received directly from the network with possibly differing clock > stability and resulting difference in jitter. Again, unlikely. > > 3. The very act of running the flac conversion routine on silicon > inside > the SB causes interference with other parts of the SB (EMF, change in > current draw, voltage drops, etc.). > > R.
Possibility 1 is out - many people have verified that the S/PDIF stream is bit-accurate. 2 and 3 are possible, in principle. Of course, they also allow for the possibility - just as likely - that streaming FLAC sounds better than streaming WAV. Everyone that has actually tried this blind has been unable to hear a difference... so why are we wasting our time discussing it? -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25138 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
