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Would a "wav32" Output Type Be Possible?
21-04-2020, 07:29
Post: #11
RE: Would a "wav32" Output Type Be Possible?
Let me tell you a story. A long time ago, in a forum far away, someone claimed that converting 16-bit files to 24-bit by adding trailing zeros to the 16 bits of audio data improved the sound. This made no logical sense but I respected the person claiming this so I tried it myself and found the same results. As a result, MinimStreamer allows 16-bit files to be transcoded to 24-bit (by adding zeros) and many people have reported that this improves the sound on their system. One theory is that the DAC is processing the signal as 24 bits and doing this padding at the server end takes a bit of processing load off the renderer. If this theory is correct, the same might be true for 32-bit DACs (note bold text). The only way to find out is to try it.
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21-04-2020, 16:21
Post: #12
RE: Would a "wav32" Output Type Be Possible?
Hi Simon. I agree that transcoding 16-bit FLAC to 24-bit WAV in MinimServer[2] results in a material benefit to sonics. I look forward to trying the "wav32" output type, if and when it becomes available. Thanks.

Melco HA-N1ZH60 Mk1 (MinimServer 2) --> network --> AURALiC ARIES G2 --> Lightning Link (WWPS7 hdmi) --> AURALiC VEGA G2 with AURALiC LEO GX Master Clock --> XLR --> Mark Levinson No. 523 --> RCA --> JL Audio E-Sub e110 (active crossover @ 100 Hz) --> RCA --> Bryston 4B3 (Cubed) --> Magnepan .7
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17-07-2021, 17:03
Post: #13
RE: Would a "wav32" Output Type Be Possible?
Hi Simon, just checking in to see if transcoding to wav32 is still a future possibility. Thanks very much.

Melco HA-N1ZH60 Mk1 (MinimServer 2) --> network --> AURALiC ARIES G2 --> Lightning Link (WWPS7 hdmi) --> AURALiC VEGA G2 with AURALiC LEO GX Master Clock --> XLR --> Mark Levinson No. 523 --> RCA --> JL Audio E-Sub e110 (active crossover @ 100 Hz) --> RCA --> Bryston 4B3 (Cubed) --> Magnepan .7
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19-07-2021, 10:37
Post: #14
RE: Would a "wav32" Output Type Be Possible?
Thanks for the gentle reminder. I am working on this now.
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19-07-2021, 15:39
Post: #15
RE: Would a "wav32" Output Type Be Possible?
Hi Simon, okay great, thanks very much.

Melco HA-N1ZH60 Mk1 (MinimServer 2) --> network --> AURALiC ARIES G2 --> Lightning Link (WWPS7 hdmi) --> AURALiC VEGA G2 with AURALiC LEO GX Master Clock --> XLR --> Mark Levinson No. 523 --> RCA --> JL Audio E-Sub e110 (active crossover @ 100 Hz) --> RCA --> Bryston 4B3 (Cubed) --> Magnepan .7
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25-07-2021, 17:20
Post: #16
RE: Would a "wav32" Output Type Be Possible?
(19-07-2021 10:37)simoncn Wrote:  Thanks for the gentle reminder. I am working on this now.

I thought it was the job of ffmpeg to do those conversions, not of minimserver (apart from sending the command, plus the parameters such as convOut) ???
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25-07-2021, 22:00
Post: #17
RE: Would a "wav32" Output Type Be Possible?
For FLAC, there is an internal converter to WAV as well as the option to use FFmpeg. Also, even when using FFmpeg, you need to be able to enter wav32 as the output type in stream.transcode.
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