macsband;515384 Wrote: > A year ago, I ripped my CD collection in Apple Lossless format via > iTunes. With Squeezebox sending the music to a $2,000 amp+speaker > system via digital connection, I expected beautiful music. I was > disappointed. The sound was muffled and vague. > > A couple days ago, I got tired of dealing with Apple's proprietary way > of doing business, so I uninstalled iTunes and converted from Apple > Lossless to FLAC. Now Squeezebox sends music in its native tongue, as > it were. > > AND THE SOUND IS SUDDENLY AWESOME!! It's like I have a whole new music > library!! Now the amp + speakers are producing crystal clear, full, > rich sound with live concert hall depth, harmonics, and brilliance. > > Something I've never read in the Squeezebox literature or in this forum > is that there must be a significant loss that takes place when > SqueexCenter Server converts Apple Lossless to FLAC when sending Apple > Lossless music files to Squeezebox. By dropping iTunes and converting > the music files from Apple Lossless to FLAC (and switching to > MediaMonkey as my jukebox), listening to my music has become a joy. > > Just wanted to share this experience in case any other Squeezebox users > have their music files stored in Apple Lossless. You may want to > convert to FLAC!
Important: When you stream Apple Lossless, what are your settings for that in the settings section of SBS? Is the Apple Lossless converted to MP3 or FLAC for playback? If they are being converted to MP3, that is why they sound inferior. Anyway, the good news is that you have made the switch and moved away from iTunes and Apple encoding, congrats! My position is that FLAC is currently the way to go. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75064 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
