Robin Bowes;309312 Wrote: > > Nenad, > Calm down. > Ok, I'll try.
Robin (and many others) points out this bug doesn't affect many people because: - Audiophiles don't listen to lossless - Average Joe dont need high quality So, conclusion is, high quality mp3 playback is not important to most users, and this bug have low priority. BUT, at the same time, all slimdevices (Squeeze, duet, transporter) have these statements in specification (my caps and bold): Compressed formats (MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP2, MusePack, WMA) MPEG decoding uses MAD software, *WIDELY REGARDED AS THE MOST ACCURATE*, most compatible MP3 decoder. *HIGH ACCURACY 24-BIT SYNTHESIS* Supports all MP3 data rates and sample rates, including VBR I understand these statements as advertising of high quality mp3 playback capability. So, - When you need to make selling point, high quality mp3 playback capability *IS IMPORTANT* and emphasized in specification. - When you need to fix bugs, high quality mp3 playback capability *IS NOT SO IMPORTANT* and bugs have low priority. In my opinion, because of bug, slimdevices mp3 playback quality is bellow average, because *accuracy of decoder(because of bug) is about 10-12 correct bits* (my estimation - needs testing but I believe it is true). Statements in specification gave *false impression of high quality mp3 playback capability*, when implementation quality, because of bug, is *bellow average*. To make conclusion, *IF SLIMDEVICES IS FAIR AND HONEST COMPANY*, they will *remove false claims* of high quality mp3 playback from specification and other advertising material * until this bug is fixed *( it is now open more then six months). Please feel free to comment flaws in my logic here. Peace, Nenad -- sikahr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sikahr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14065 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40409
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