mister pig;232884 Wrote: > Hi Phil, > > That is interesting. I really don't have any vested interest in this > debate, personally a lossless format would be more convenient. > > Makes me wonder if I have a set up issue in ITunes that is creating a > problem. Since I store my music in uncompressed WAV does the SB program > have to convert to FLAC and then return to WAV? I wonder if I rip with a > lossless encoding to start with? > > I do know that at this time, the two formats do not sound the same. So > there must be something responsible for this variation. Any > recommendations then on where to look? > > Regards > Mister Pig
You've probably checked this, but replay gain is an obvious possible culprit. Sometimes ripping programs alter the audio data (even when you're ripping to a lossless format) - they apply a level adjustment during the ripping process, so that the file is permanently altered. Other times slimserver (or itunes or whatever) will apply a volume adjustment when the file is played (there can be a tag in the FLAC data for that), so that the audio data is unaltered, but when it's played with replayagain switched on the level will be different than a WAV file. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38258 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
