It's very easy to "discount the possibility" It has been done many times with correctly setup stuff.
Did not archimago actually measured this ? WAV and FLAC actually produces exactly the same output. If you hear differences between lossless formats the overwhelmingly likely explanations are . 1. Perceptual bias . 2. Experiential errors ( your setup or files are not what they should be ). In a squeezebox context 2 is easer to avoid as the player is completely deciopled from the server OS and you only have to make sure you turned of replay gain and that the flew are ok. If you have ac3 or dts or hdcd encoded file you can easily test the system for bit perfectness . There is a way to make a 2 channel " fake " WAV or FLAC etc file that in reality is for example dts bit stream and every bit must've in the right place otherwise your ht processor/receiver would only produce white noise. I tested the whole chain once . I burned a disc with a test file and ripped it my usual settings and software etc to be sure that I did not introduced any artifacts by mistake. To get passed perceptual bias abx test is the way . There is really no plausible mechanism for these " differences " there are some far out and very contrived " explanations " offered, but if you look closer and have in mind how computers actually work they probably are incorrect. You are kidding yourself if you are satisfied with " my experience proves it to me " . A proper response would be " what the **** " and try to eliminate 1 & 2 and try again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98630 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
