Patrick82
Banned
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2003
- Posts
- 3,745
- Likes
- 17
For a week I have complained of too bright sound, I couldn't find the problem in my system, I thought my system sounded neutral. But the brightness came from somewhere. Then I tried WAV and it was very smooth. When I went back to FLAC it sounded harsh, bright and fatiguing.
I think the problem is that FLAC takes 2-3% CPU power while WAV takes 0%. I'm hearing a similar reduction in resolution as from turning on a 2nd harddrive, except the difference is much smaller.
Too bad I don't have any disk space to convert all my FLACs to WAV.
Update: Found the problem! AC noise of computer was infecting my amp and DAC plugged into the same outlet!
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...&postcount=252
I think the problem is that FLAC takes 2-3% CPU power while WAV takes 0%. I'm hearing a similar reduction in resolution as from turning on a 2nd harddrive, except the difference is much smaller.
Too bad I don't have any disk space to convert all my FLACs to WAV.
Update: Found the problem! AC noise of computer was infecting my amp and DAC plugged into the same outlet!
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...&postcount=252