Josh Coalson;180425 Wrote: > --- Georgie <Georgie.2lxpaz1171354501 (AT) no-mx (DOT) > forums.slimdevices.com> > wrote: > > > > Hello Robin > > Thank you for your answer. Please let me just explain my way from > > .flc > > to .wav - I don't want to change the subject of this Thread. > > I know the relation between .wav and .flac - Files. I just wonder > why > > the .wav File plays different on my SB3 than the same .flac File. As > > an > > example: the 2nd movement of the string quartet op.135 from Ludwig > > von > > Beethoven, interpreted by the Alban Berg Quartett, sounds as .flac > > File > > more metallic, with less air around the instruments and with less > > deep, > > than the .wav-Version. > > > > I would be happy if the .flac Files sound the same as the .wav Files > > and I see all the advantages of the .flac Files. I already have > built > > up my music library with .flac Files (FLAC 1.1.3), but was not > really > > satisfied with the sound quality. So I tuned my SB3 (new power > > supply, > > AES/EBU-Interface), but I still missed the "aaahhhh" - feeling. Then > > I > > tried the .wav Version (I stored them before compressing to flac) - > > and > > now I am happy with the sound. These are my experiences, and I > cannot > > explain them and would like to investigate more in this topic, > > perhaps in another part of the forum. > > if you really can here a difference, then something in your > slimserver setup is not right. either it's transcoding or > replaygain is turned on or something. otherwise you would not > be able to hear any difference between flac and wav, any more > than you could hear the difference between wav and wav. they > are the exact same bits coming out of the decoder. > > Josh
True. However, it is conceivable that the act itself of the SB decoding the FLAC could alter its output signals compared to those if the SB did not perform the decoding. I am certainly not suggesting that this happens in any audible way, merely that it is theoretically possible. [I had posted this in another thread, but it applies here as well.] -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32738 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
