xtrips;669058 Wrote: > I suggest you peep at my profile. > Moreover, how do you plan on testing this "scientifically"? > At least, if I want to, I can as this is my job and I have all the > necessary equipment. > And BTW, I never said that WAV sounded better than FLAC. > I did say that the Touch's hardware is not good enough to decompress > FLAC or any other compressed format. It induces something that can be > heard, on a good system that is. > On the other hand, when not stressed, and fed PCM it works much better. > Now, if you have a revealing system, and much, much more important!, > good acoustics in your room, then try it yourself and let me know. > > Cheers There's nothing unduly stressful about decoding FLAC - FLAC is an asymmetric compression format that is very light on cycles during decode. This is ALL theory - no one has yet PROVEN that the side-effect of client-side FLAC decode is audible or measurable.
I have good ears, good acoustics and a good system. I also have a measurement method which works. In no case have I ever detected a difference in the output of an external DAC when streaming PCM vs FLAC. There my be an effect on the internal Touch DAC, but that's a different matter entirely. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters,VdH Toslink,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90040 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
