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WAV versus FLAC

Until now I though that the sound coming from the files in these two formats are identical. However, recently, I have heard from a person whose opinion I respect highly that sound from WAV files is "warmer" and that from FLAC files is "brighter".

I wonder if anyoner else have similar observations?

Thank you
simontju

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vett93
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A question for Alex please. Where in your system is FLAC decoded?

Thanks.
vett93
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Alex, do you use your PC to decode FLAC into PCM stream and then feed into the DAC? I need to understand how you set up your system to understand your claim better.
vett93
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Daverz, how do you change the setting for sending WAV files? You mentioned the default was FLAC but you changed it to PCM. Where in the settings can you do that? What version of Squeezebox Server do you use?
vett93
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Thanks Mlsstl and Daverz. Good pointer to the link, Daverz. However, it is for the new SB Touch. I have a Transporter and a SB3. Do you know any sources that explain similar mods?
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