devblog @ x-sphere.com » lossless audio http://devblog.x-sphere.com random babblings of a product manager and coder Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:06:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19719 flac or uberstandard? http://devblog.x-sphere.com/2008/06/01/flac-or-uberstandard/ http://devblog.x-sphere.com/2008/06/01/flac-or-uberstandard/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:19:53 +0000 Matt Brotherson http://devblog.x-sphere.com/?p=43 Three years ago i purchased a Rockford Fosgate digital media server. This device streamed MP3′s from my PC to my hifi setup. At that point i decided to rip all of my CD’s for access by the streamer. The omnifi only supports MP3 or WAV so i chose to rip everything according to the uberstandard at the highest possible bit rate per the standard.

Fast forward three years and i have since ditched the bug laden Omnifi. However – the open source simplecenter that powered the interface to the PC is awesome…perusing the source made me very happy to see their technology choices. The replacement? A Sonos system! Since seeing this incredible whole home audio system in action at the owner of my company’s house i had to have one.

Now that I’ve got a system that is totally bug free and supports lossless audio formats I’m rethinking my decision to go with the uberstandard. Now that hard drive space is ubiquitous and my player supports it FLAC with its own DAC has peaked my interest.

What say you audiophiles? FLAC or go home?

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