Julf wrote:
> Problem is that that might or might not work if you ever switch to some
> other software.
Understood. Thanks for the information. I've been organizing my music
collection over the past few months and my intention was to have a copy
as WAV and a copy as FLAC to take advantage of che
edwardian wrote:
> For me, there's no hassle tagging WAV files. I use dBpoweramp to tag the
> WAV files and LMS/Squeezebox Touch has no problem reading them.
Problem is that that might or might not work if you ever switch to some
other software.
"To try to judge the real from the false will a
I can confirm that WAV actually causes a LOT more load than FLAC
decoding, at least on an iPhone.
Of course, an iPhone will always uses WiFi but then I believe there have
been similar measurements on the SB Touch as well.
Especially is we talk about upsampled material, we are talking about a
LOT
Julf wrote:
> Any specific reasons to prefer WAV? I think the general view is that
> with lower-end processors (such as those in the squeezeboxes) that don't
> have dedicated I/O processors the additional network load caused by the
> wasted bits in WAV files causes more CPU load (and thus theoret
edwardian wrote:
> Klaus, I read your document, and unless I missed something, you were
> resampling from 16/44.1 to 24/96? Is that correct? Did you ever try
> going from 16/44.1 to 24/88.2 or 24/176.4? If so, did you hear any
> difference (compared to 24/96)?
>
> And I also tried SOX upsampling
edwardian wrote:
> I didn't like the idea that it only output FLAC (as all my music is WAV)
Any specific reasons to prefer WAV? I think the general view is that
with lower-end processors (such as those in the squeezeboxes) that don't
have dedicated I/O processors the additional network load caus
cadfish wrote:
> Yesterday I learned in a dramatical fashion, that the amps and speakers
> are so much more important in order to have good sound than the DAC
Absolutely. It is funny how a lot of audiophiles fuss over their DACs
and cables, when shifting their speakers a few inches or even putti
