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simoncn · (This post was last modified: 10-08-2017 22:05 by simoncn.)

The *: transcode settings have no effect on playing files from your library. They only affect streaming from a network source such as a radio stream. So it is likely that you have not been transcoding your local mp3 files at all.

Transcoding from one lossy format to another (for example, from mp3 to mp3 or aac to mp3) is very unlikely to improve sound quality and is more likely to make it worse. You could try mp3:wav24 and/or aac:wav24 (wav24 is a lossless format) which might make a difference (either better or worse). The only way to find out is to listen with and without transcoding and compare.