Mark Lanctot;132395 Wrote:
Oh and regarding aliasing - I also see this if you're in a prop plane
and you take a look at a reflection of the prop (strangely, a
reflection, say in a puddle, not directly). The prop will seem to
become stationary or go backwards as the pilot starts or stops it
I have been using the file diatonis_dts_tatu.wav which you can find on
the internet to test if my pc configuration with kernel streaming was
not upsampling on my dts capable receiver.
If I play this file on my new squeezebox it plays static. I know that
this isn't a full proof test but is there
AFIAC all 24 bit WAV files (streamed as WAV) play as 'static'.
The SB2/3 DAC does oversample.
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chaotic33;132420 Wrote:
I have been using the file diatonis_dts_tatu.wav which you can find on
the internet to test if my pc configuration with kernel streaming was
not upsampling on my dts capable receiver.
If I play this file on my new squeezebox it plays static. I know that
this isn't a
The Squeezebox (have only tested v3) does NOT resample the signal.
Period.
When playing CD music, my receiver says 44.1 kHz, like the original
material
When playing a DTS-wav file, my receiver is decoding the DTS signal, as
long as the digital out is used and volume is set to max or disabled
So it has to do with not letting SB do anything to volume. I'll test it
out when I'm back home.
I got the SB yesterday and i am quite pleased with it.
I connect it to a primare spa21, audio physics virgo.
Found out that optical connection seemed to sound a bit murky compared
to coaxial. Also
chaotic33;132470 Wrote:
Also heard a flac file gets clipped at the startWhere did you hear that?
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Patrick Dixon;132472 Wrote:
Where did you hear that?
doesn't do that as far as I can see!
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I didn't hear it being said. I actually heard that numerous times
playing music through my sb yesterday. The first half a second or so of
a song after pressing play is skipped. Other tracks of the same playlist
seem to be ok.
Maybe my english is a bit akward because it's not my native language.
I've ripped my entire collection (even if was certain never to play
someting again in my life) to flac, which was quite a lot of work even
using three pc's simultaneously. With about 500+ albums it comes down
to about 120 gigs. For modern hdd's its not so much a problem but
(certainly if one of
try setting settings/player/audio/startup time to 0.5 (half a second)
and see if that helps. Could be your DAC needs some time to lock on
when a new stream starts?
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chaotic33;132470 Wrote:
Also heard a flac file gets clipped at the start and the answer to that
according to this forum would be to let the server stream wav through
the network. Try that as well than. If not i'm afraid we have another
topic on our hands :)
This was indeed a bug but is
I wonder if it is worth the effort to convert MP3 to FLAC. Is the info
lost in mp3 really lost? Would the conversion to FLAC make any sense?
Is the conversion analogus to 24bit upsampling from 16bit?
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The data lost when compressing to MP3 is lost forever. The FLACS will
sound the same. You will just end up with bigger files, absolutly no
point.
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sort of auto-update when it was first connected so i guess i'm up to
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If this thread triggers a debate (the great mp3 to FLAC tweak!), I
think I will banish myself from this forum forever.
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autopilot;132505 Wrote:
The data lost when compressing to MP3 is lost forever. The FLACS will
sound the same. You will just end up with bigger files, absolutly no
point.
All true, but there actually _might_ be some point to doing it. I'd say
that 90% of my tagging problems with slimserver
ezkcdude;132351 Wrote:
Well, I've been told as much in this forum.
If this* thread is what you speak of, I believe people were only saying
it's illegal to make a copy, then sell it.
ezkcdude;132351 Wrote:
I checked this out, and although legal, it seems sketchy to me.
Considering that
If my memory serves me well, the native MP3 decoding on the squeezebox
uses all its 24 bits to make the stream as accurate as can be, while
decoding the MP3 stream to FLAC on the computer would only use 16
(possibly depending on the implementation of the software decoder). But
if this were the
Heimiko;132585 Wrote:
If my memory serves me well, the native MP3 decoding on the squeezebox
uses all its 24 bits to make the stream as accurate as can be, while
decoding the MP3 stream to FLAC on the computer would only use 16
(possibly depending on the implementation of the software
Pale Blue Ego;129668 Wrote:
JA was impressed. The SB3 is now his main source component.
Stumbled across some Squeezebox porn:
http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/165/password//sort/1/cat/2/page/7
I need to buy that issue before it's oop, or I wonder if it's on the
Changing volume output to fixed : can now play aforementioned file..
As for the clipped beginnings. It's worse than I remebered. I set to
startup time to a ridiculous 5 seconds and still it starts (after 5
seconds) as clipped as before.
Also i disabled wav-flac and flac-flac to force the server
aubuti;132525 Wrote:
All true, but there actually _might_ be some point to doing it...
I almost screamed then i read that, but thankfully the rest of the post
made sense :D
And yes, i can completely understand the logic of doing it for *that*
reason. Might be a good idea for some people
chaotic33;132652 Wrote:
Changing volume output to fixed : can now play aforementioned file..
As for the clipped beginnings. It's worse than I remebered. I set to
startup time to a ridiculous 5 seconds and still it starts (after 5
seconds) as clipped as before.
Also i disabled wav-flac and
Pale Blue Ego;129668 Wrote:
...
JA was impressed. The SB3 is now his main source component. He still
uses a multi-megabuck disc player for really critical listening, but
says the difference between that and the SB3 is very minor, and often
hard to distinguish.
...
I dont think it is
chaotic33;132652 Wrote:
As for the clipped beginnings. It's worse than I remebered. I set to
startup time to a ridiculous 5 seconds and still it starts (after 5
seconds) as clipped as before..
I certainly haven't encountered that problem.
Have you tried listening to the SB's analog outputs,
Hi All, I spent a lot of time and effort ripping my CDs to 256 kbps mp3
(using a Lame encoder) before I heard of FLAC. My questions relate to
perceived audio quality vs a purist's view of the situation. I did some
research prior to choosing the bitrate and the general consensus was
that above 192
Can *you* hear any difference? If you can't, then I would only do it if
you have nothing better to do. I'm in a worse situation than you. I
originally ripped everything in 128kbps, before finding out about FLAC.
Now, for every new CD I've bought since then, I encode a very high
quality VBR mp3
Unfortunately i have very little testing time right now..
Get home at 23u55 and have to be in the car at 8u
I did start a flac with a distinctive start from the computer and it
played ok. I then started from the sb and the start was clipped. If I
start again it is ok. If I play some other music
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