Phil Leigh;669065 Wrote: > 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.
Ah. A better answer. Well I do hear a difference. And I am not using the Touch's DAC. And out of curiosity I will do some research about it. -- xtrips ------------------------------------------------------------------------ xtrips's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=50645 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
