Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-07 Thread JJZolx

I doubt that this is doable within the transcoding framework. It just
wasn't designed with that sort of flexibility in mind.

One thing I do know is that you don't want the output type in SoX to be
WAV if PCM is the target. You need to use the output type 'raw' in SoX,
as the Squeezebox will be expecting a headerless stream. With type WAV
you're probably hearing a click at the beginning of each track, which is
the WAV header being played.



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-06 Thread Willakan

I suppose if you don't hear it this merely proves your system is not
high-end enough?



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-06 Thread Soulkeeper

Willakan wrote: 
 I suppose if you don't hear it this merely proves your system is not
 high-end enough?

Of course. Kuro says xe can hear it, thus it's objective fact (unlike
blind testing which is only part of a conspiracy to make everybody
prefer cheap portable cassette players). Right? ;)



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-06 Thread Mnyb

If hearing obvius differences, check if replay gain/smart gain is
enabled ? disable it and try again .

There could a valid reason, some vierdo audiophile DAC's may themselves
work better with certain sample rates eg 24/96, I would consider such
product broken..
What comes to mind is some NOS DAC's without filter urgh.



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-06 Thread Kuro

Can we get back to the topic on how to upsample FLAC to 24/96 and
outputs it in WAV?

Whether someone can hear the sonic improvement is a very subjective
thing.  It depends on the gear, the plackback materials and your
hearing.



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-05 Thread Kuro

lake_eleven wrote: 
 Do you mean decoding FLAC and WAV on the LMS server by setting Server
 Setting - Advanced - File types - setting decoder to disabled except
 for PCM?. 
 
 I heard setting decoding on server is really not beneficial.

Yes, one can use File Types to disable native FLAC streaming and this
forces the server to do the decoding and stream in WAV.

It does make a difference in sound for Touch.  You do need high
resolution system to hear it.  I use SBT+EDO and outputs to Anedio D2
DAC via USB.  I used Stax electrostatic headphones and I can clearly
hear the improvements (ie: vocal is more velvety/emotional, transient
and bass dynamics are faster).



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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-04 Thread Kuro

I want to transcode FLAC to WAV and upsample the output to 96K. First I
changed FLAC output to Disabled under Advanced-File Types, so that all
FLAC files will be forced to transcode to WAV. Then I added a
custom-convert.conf file. The content of the file is:

flc pcm * *
# FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}D:{RESAMPLE=-r %d}
[flac] -dcs $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -q -t wav - -t wav - rate
-b 85 -Lv 96k

The conversion appears to work, but my Transporter is still thinking the
output is 44.1K instead of 96K, so the playback is run with the wrong
clock. How do I tell TP that the output is 96K?



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-04 Thread pippin

Are you trying to use up as much bandwidth as possible or what is this
good for?
Upsampling 44.1 material to 96k will at best gain you nothing but more
likely just degrade your sound quality.



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-04 Thread Kuro

I want to test the sonic quality of SBT+EDO.  So far, server side decode
of FLAC instead of client side decode on SBT has provent to be better
sounding for redbook material.

I want to see if taking it to 96K would make it sound even better.



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

2012-05-04 Thread lake_eleven

Kuro wrote: 
 I want to test the sonic quality of SBT+EDO.  So far, server side decode
 of FLAC instead of client side decode on SBT has provent to be better
 sounding for redbook material.
 
 I want to see if taking it to 96K would make it sound even better.

Do you mean decoding FLAC and WAV on the LMS server by setting Server
Setting - Advanced - File types - setting decoder to disabled except
for PCM?. 

I heard setting decoding on server is really not beneficial.



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