oshcar wrote: > ok > > serious questions - not playing games > > are there differing opinions on this ? -- a couple years ago in a > previous software setup i experimented with i think an alsa setting > which i thought just padded right before sending to dac. i have no idea > what it was actually doing. with identical players in an A/B i thought > there were noticeable differences. i`m not sure of the whole process -- > what you are describing here could be completely different from what i > was doing. i try my hardest to not to be an audiofool - i give the > benefit of the doubt to the scientist, but many others have also claimed > audible differences with padding the bit length. the dac chips accept > data in a few different ways i remember reading ( Correct me if i am > wrong ) is it possible for a chip to sound different depending on how > the data is sent ? if a computer program ran a set of data through some > unnecessary processes, on purpose, but the data arrived at the dac > unchanged -- is it possible to have a different sound ? > > would you say squeeze has a distinct sound ? if so, what would you > attribute that too ?
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