silverarrows;400225 Wrote: > Well after all these months and thinking of what to do I tried ripping a > few CDs into AIFF. Why AIFF? It's uncompressed and has some metadata > support. Before I could not tell the difference between FLAC and MP3. > Now I can't tell the difference between the SB3 and CD. From what I've > read it might have to do with the jitter that is created as a FLAC file > is decompressed. I have converted some FLAC files to AIFF, rather than > ripping CDs, and the improvement is very noticeable.
If I were you I'd be wary about what your read (and believe). It isn't all true... If there is a difference in audio output at your DAC between a FLAC and AIFF file then it will be detectable... hold on a moment... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47988 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
