Pat Farrell;175541 Wrote: > thomsens wrote: > > I've been looking for a new high-end 2 channel system into which I > will > > simply plug my SB, then later a Transporter. > > > I won't argue their source was better, even though I didn't notice > an > > appreciable difference. But what I don't understand is how they can > > look the other way on having 12,000 songs at their instant disposal > as > > a trade-off to a nearly non-existent difference in quality. > > I'm not following you here. high-end usually means you obsess about > quality. It is trivial to get better sound quality, don't use MP3. Use > FLAC. > > If you don't care about the last percent or two, why bother with > high-end, just get something decent, say some $600 speakers and a AV > receiver. Plug your SqueezeBox into it, and be happy. > > To me, the sonic differences between the best MP3 and FLAC on my system > > are night and day. > > Thinking about getting a Transporter and connecting it to mid-fi > systems > playing MP3 doesn't make economic sense to me, IMHO, etc. The > difference > between a Transporter and a SqueezeBox are going to be lost on a mid-fi > > setup. > > But YMMV, etc. > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
Not sure I follow your logic. Point is that transporter connected to a decent system very clearly approaches the other sources. So, the extra couple % are moving to the much more challenging sources (i.e., vinyl/CD). The reason I haven't used FLAC is for portability. It's more important for me to be flexible than to have that extra %. Night and day certainly is a dramatic description for the difference. Pretty sure I'm not with you. Sounds like I'm down a <5% with all the flexibility and the sysetm would still be top notch. A $600 system isn't in the ball park - didn't follow you there. And of course you wouldn't buy a transporter with that system. -- thomsens ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32232 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
