iTunes Bit Rate suspicion thread.
Ok, the title is misleading but these are my questions and concerns.
I have setup quite an expensive audio phile setup ( actually 2) fed by a Core Duo mac mini.
The mac mini holds the high bitrate encoded songs, from 700 Kbps to 1500 kbps, ripped from CDs using Apple Lossless and AIFF encoding.
The mini then plays the songs via Airport via Airport to a Express Base Station and Simultaneously to a optical connected DAC.
Both outputs are Digital , that is I have a Benchmark DAC 1 connected to the Airport Express base station and a MF DAC connected to the mac mini.
i have Menu Meters installed and I can see the network Throughput when I stream songs to the Airport Express BAse Station. and...
SURPRI
I have setup quite an expensive audio phile setup ( actually 2) fed by a Core Duo mac mini.
The mac mini holds the high bitrate encoded songs, from 700 Kbps to 1500 kbps, ripped from CDs using Apple Lossless and AIFF encoding.
The mini then plays the songs via Airport via Airport to a Express Base Station and Simultaneously to a optical connected DAC.
Both outputs are Digital , that is I have a Benchmark DAC 1 connected to the Airport Express base station and a MF DAC connected to the mac mini.
i have Menu Meters installed and I can see the network Throughput when I stream songs to the Airport Express BAse Station. and...
SURPRI