Sound differences

[simoncn]

(05-02-2013 15:44)Kingpin Wrote:  Yes i know, i meant converting in the Linn.
Into the Linn the received wav file will be converted to pcm which transports the pcm to the internal dac of the Linn for conversion to analog output.

It appears the internal conversion in the Linn DS has sound differences (audible to some people) between the following combinations:
FLAC (16-bit) => PCM
WAV (16-bit) => PCM
WAV (24-bit, zero padded) => PCM

I don't have a technical explanation for this.

Quote:No.
My server converts to pcm and streams it to my streamer.
My streamer doesn't do anything with it only graps the meta data for displaying the tag info on the display.
The pcm file goes through the spdif to my external dac and from there the pcm file will be converted to the analog output.

OK, I understand. This means that the combination of S/PDIF interface and DAC internal decoder in your setup is treating 16-bit data and zero-padded 24-bit data the same, as would be expected.