So Robert Harley, the clown in chief over at The Absolute Sound, is at it again in the latest issue (Feb. 2014, Issue 240) of TAS. In a sidebar to his review of the Naim NDS Network Player he discusses why one should wav files as opposed to flac files:
"....The term 'lossless' refers to the fact that the uncompressed datastream from a FLAC file is bit-for-bit identical to the WAV file that created it (sic)." So far so good, but then he goes completely off the rails: "...Claiming a sonic difference exists between two 'identical' bitstreams may appear to be the height of audiophile lunacy, but there's a rational explanation for why FLAC files sounds (sic) inferior: The file must be decompressed on the fly during playback, a process that many computer-audio experts believe degrades fidelity." So who are these so called "computer-audio experts" and exactly what kind of computer are they using? Just another reason why I have absolutely zero respect for any and all of these clowns. They are nothing but a big joke and a never ending source of misinformation. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100783 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
