BluOS controller: Compressed Grouped Audio

[Mike_Trueman]

Can someone explain the use of this option because my english is not the best for understanding this.
Should i disable the option Compressed Grouped Audio or not? I thought compression is not good for audio.
Thanks.

 

[masterhw]

I would recommend disabling this, but if you experience dropouts then I would turn it back on. If your network stability isn't an issue, then I would leave it off.

 

[DVDdoug]

I thought compression is not good for audio.

There is lossy compression like (MP3) where data is thrown-away to make a smaller file or to consume less "bandwidth".

And there's lossless compression (like FLAC) which decompresses to the exact-original data, similar to a ZIP file.

I assume the above is lossy.

MP3 can be very good and it often sounds identical to the original (in a blind listening test while taking-up about 1/5th the size of
uncompressed "CD quality" audio. As you use more compression to make the file smaller (a lower bitrate) you are throwing-away more data and it can sound bad.

Dolby Digital (used on DVDs) is lossy but it can sound amazing!

FLAC gives you a file about 60% of the original-uncompressed size.

 

[Mike_Trueman]

Ok, i disabled it but i hear no difference.

 

[Timcognito]

FYI search or ask here

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[xray]

Are you using the analog input on your node as a source and are you playing it to a group? That setting only applies if you forward the analog input to other devices in the group.