A couple of points. First, you say you haven't changed any of the settings on slimserver. By default (unless this has changed, in which I'm sure someone will correct me) SS encodes WAVs as FLAC before sending them to the squeezebox/receiver. That means there cannot possibly be any sonic difference between the same file stored as WAV versus FLAC on your server.
Since you were confident you heard a difference, your biases and expectations are having a major impact on the sound quality you perceive. I suggest you go back and do those comparisons again, blind (not knowing what is what). Have a friend (who promises not to give you any sort of hint, as that defeats the purpose) do the switches and record what your responses are. Second, the discussion digital volume reduction here is wrong (as I pointed out in the other thread, and as Sean has said as well). Nothing special happens at 1/256 volume. You should set the analog volume so that max digital volume is as loud as you will want; then using the SB volume will result only in a slight reduction of signal/noise. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46229 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
