slackhead;691997 Wrote: 
> The assumption that lower CPU equates to better SQ 'may' not always be
> true.  It has been suggested elsewhere (iirc by Soundcheck or John)
> that a higher but more steady CPU load could be better than a generally
> lower but more varying load.  I imagine this would be very difficult to
> confirm.
> 
> Richard

It is I think pretty spurious to be honest. I cannot see any feasibe
advantage in increasing network I/O processing overhead. I am a
confirmed sceptic w.r.t. FLAC playback causing any audible differences
vs. server decoding to LPCM.

There... I've said it ;)


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