I'm no audiophile and I sure as h*ll don't use gear like you are talking about.
But even on lesser equipment (period technics amp and Jensen speakers, SB3, no DAC or anything fancy) the quality of AAC vs flac is utterly discernible even to chump ears. And I mean very discernible, not 'perhaps, maybe'. Obvious 'mushiness' in complex passages, and other effects chumps like me don't have the words for. But if it bothers me, for sure it will bother you. Unless I am grossly mistaken the listen to an AAC file in its native state, or ripping to flac will make no difference. Obviously going the other way is a different question -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served: Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint, and a bunch of consumer level routers and VNC and so-on. Remote and in control: iPod touch/iPeng "Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought offa ebay" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64352 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
