Crazy digital audio theories

No. That would cause stutter. For those who believe WAV and FLAC sound identical, it’s because after decompression they are bit identical. For those who believe WAV sounds better than FLAC, it’s because FLAC decompression process takes additional CPU power (hence increased noise / EMI / RFI), and additional power draw from power supply which also means increased power supply noise. There’s another industry pioneer who proposes memory access causes more noise than CPU does.

Note that we have (at least one) certified Roon server partner who underclocks the CPU for what I believe to be similar underlying reasoning.

We also have members here reporting GUI-less Roon server to sound better than Roon with GUI. For an official and rational explanation to “crazy” (no disrespect here, just to use the same wording as the thread subject) observations, check these out:


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