digicidal
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I can possibly understand the assertion, if the problem lies elsewhere in the process... but not with the files themselves (as pertaining to FLAC.. not the MP3 part that somehow got into this).
@maty If your PC is remote from the playback device and you aren't hearing noise generated by the device itself - then it's surely imagined. I'm very sensitive to coil whine and can hear the MB, PSU & GPU when they are heavily loaded (gaming, video processing, 3D renders, etc) - and in certain configurations have heard it feedback through my monitors. It's like a choir of mosquitos practicing for a concert.
However, it wasn't degraded audio quality of the source material - it was additional noise over the top of it. However, regardless of the compression level, nothing decoding-wise should ever be loading your system enough to matter unless you're doing something else far more stressful at the same time.
When pulled directly from the NAS over the LAN to a streaming DAC... I know, blind or sighted, there isn't an audible difference. But it's easy enough to just capture the audio you believe is very different and analyze the result. If the waveform is the same... you're making up the difference, and if it's different you might not be - depending on the significance of that difference.
Regardless, if you can hear a difference between different levels of FLAC compression - you have a problem with your software or implementation... not with the format. That's why you can convert to WAV again and have a bit perfect version of the source. I wonder if there could be a problem with your ADC used to capture the original WAV from vinyl?
Unless there are phase issues that were induced that shouldn't be the case (unless I'm misunderstanding "misplaces you").
@maty If your PC is remote from the playback device and you aren't hearing noise generated by the device itself - then it's surely imagined. I'm very sensitive to coil whine and can hear the MB, PSU & GPU when they are heavily loaded (gaming, video processing, 3D renders, etc) - and in certain configurations have heard it feedback through my monitors. It's like a choir of mosquitos practicing for a concert.
However, it wasn't degraded audio quality of the source material - it was additional noise over the top of it. However, regardless of the compression level, nothing decoding-wise should ever be loading your system enough to matter unless you're doing something else far more stressful at the same time.
When pulled directly from the NAS over the LAN to a streaming DAC... I know, blind or sighted, there isn't an audible difference. But it's easy enough to just capture the audio you believe is very different and analyze the result. If the waveform is the same... you're making up the difference, and if it's different you might not be - depending on the significance of that difference.
Regardless, if you can hear a difference between different levels of FLAC compression - you have a problem with your software or implementation... not with the format. That's why you can convert to WAV again and have a bit perfect version of the source. I wonder if there could be a problem with your ADC used to capture the original WAV from vinyl?
Does anyone have a logical explanation about why the MP3 at 48 kHz sounds much better than 44 kHz?
The difference is very noticeable, it misplaces you.
Unless there are phase issues that were induced that shouldn't be the case (unless I'm misunderstanding "misplaces you").
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