[BruceBanner]

16/44 wav sounds more clean and detailed versus 16/44 flac

 
Says you...
 
ABX testing will say otherwise.

 

[mochill]

Dont know what that is , i only trust my ears

 

[Ustas]

16/44 wav sounds more clean and detailed versus 16/44 flac

Trolling again huh? :eek:

There is no difference in sound btw WAV and FLAC because FLAC is WAV just with a very simple compression algorithm.. Even a very modest codec chip (like Alien has) with light processing power can decode 16/44 flac on the fly without any hiccups.

 

[mochill]

But but i do head it and this is not a joke ☺

 

[BruceBanner]

But but i do head it and this is not a joke ☺

 
Stop heading it, that's not how it's done. Yer doing it all wrong.

 

[Onix]

I will not really agree with Mochill on this one, but sometimes players have certain problems decoding different compressed and uncompressed formats, even when they are supposed to be able to play them without hiccups. Sometimes it's just distortion in the lows, too metallic treble, a very slight slowness and clicks in some tracks and other things that can be identified only when you are familiar with the track played. I all comes down to processing speed and/or firmware. Maybe a player can actually sound better with WAV than FLAC because of that, even if specs say otherwise. Of course, it would be doubtful that the very same player makes hi-res audio sound better than standard-CD quality precisely because of those limitations in the player, but not in the music files per se.
As I said before, it's just a hardware problem in most cases.

 

[Jmop]

For those with the gold alien, about how much percent less hiss does it have compared to the old one? I used it with my CK10s for reference and found quite a bit of noise.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

my review is nearly done, one section left to write, and a couple more photos to take. 
 
should be up tomorrow of the day after.

 

[Jmop]

Lookin forward to it!

 

[Ustas]

Great! Take your time.

It would be especially interesting to see what you've found regarding Shozy claims of lower hiss level and overall less playback quirks.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

My usual style short and sweet review is live.
 
This time of the Shozy Gold Alien.
 
enjoy.
 
http://headpie.blogspot.jp/2016/03/shozy-gold-alien-dap-review-expatinjapan.html
 
kind regards
expat

 

[mochill]

Nice review ☺

 

[Jmop]

Nice read, but really a black background even with ck10? I find that hard to believe unless shozy really stepped their game up on this version. The hiss I got from the black alien was unbelievably distracting when listening to my ambient collection. That soundstage is to die for though.

 

[mochill]

i do not hear any hiss with my echobox finder x1 ☺

 

[ExpatinJapan]

Nice read, but really a black background even with ck10? I find that hard to believe unless shozy really stepped their game up on this version. The hiss I got from the black alien was unbelievably distracting when listening to my ambient collection. That soundstage is to die for though.

Retested with ATH-CK10 at various volumes and tracks.
 
Seems to be no hiss, or if it is there it would be minimal at best.
 
no music no hiss.
 
I hope that is helpful.
 
*Can other Shozy Gold owners chime in please, I am no hiss master and would like confirmation or not about your experiences.