ralphpnj wrote: > With lossless compression, such as flac or alac, the file can converted > to any other audio codec with no loss in audio quality.
darrenyeats wrote: > Agreed. I forgot to mention that according to the last audiophile rumors the conversion between one lossless format to another, e.g. from flac to wav, MUST NEVER be done "on the fly" since this will have a negative impact on the sound as the puny processor in the computer struggles to convert the file and stream at the same time. Really, this is what is being said by many of the supposed digital audio experts in the high end audio press. CLOWNS! 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=101052 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
