Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Once again - does wav sound different than flac?

2015-09-23 Thread poing
I wouldn't say a subjectivist point of view is necessarily unscientific. I understand that some of the posters in this thread are engineering guys. It kind of makes sense that you take a more objectivist position. In the natural sciences, you sometimes can have relatively tightly controlled

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Once again - does wav sound different than flac?

2015-09-01 Thread poing
>From 'HA' (http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?showtopic=105754): > > FLAC decoding is something like 50 CPU cycles/sample. I doubt you can > load a WAV file from disk that quickly due to the high bitrate. > > > FLACs can play on a 486 at 66 MHz > The point is, the default compression

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Music Systems - track limits!?

2015-04-17 Thread poing
probedb wrote: Track Title: The Distant Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties I can beat that with the following track titles: When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Karazee (Serious Bonus Beats Mix) or Wortkabular (Tobi Neumann S

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Music Systems - track limits!?

2015-04-16 Thread poing
garym wrote: Unfortunately, these turn in to mud slinging contests (and be prepared to be told that if you say you need more than 65,000 tracks you're either lying or crazy). Or a file sharer who doesn't pay for his music ;)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Music Systems - track limits!?

2015-04-16 Thread poing
utgg wrote: I did say well organised. And I still maintain 100 is reasonable as an average - for all those long titles there will plenty of short ones as well. 100 bytes is ridiculously small. For search, you need to store artist, album artist, composer, track name, album name, genre, release

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-04-13 Thread poing
Whatever DAC is in my ~$200 Pio receiver, '13 model. I think it's pretty good :) poing's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MEASUREMENTS: Ethernet Cable and Audio...

2015-02-16 Thread poing
I think some hypotheses are too ridiculous to be taken seriously. That is all. poing's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103146