![]() I went to Minimserver which fixed the gapless problem & that served for a while, but I didn’t like the faff involved in setting it up. Hi again Oddtimejon, I found WAV to sound a tiny bit better than FLAC on my NDX when I first started streaming, so I bought, converted & ripped all to WAV (all except DSD)Īnother reason for WAV with me was Synology’s Media Server UPnP was pants with transcoding as all 24 bits where played as 16 bit, plus transcoding made a pigs ear of gapless album tracks. I have also recently ripped a few cd’s straight to WAV on my NAS to do some blind A-B tests for those. I know it is down to personal opinion and ears and I will probably download the 30 day trial version of Asset to try (assuming it will include transcoding to WAV) but it would be good to hear any views on whether it is worth me changing to it, given my comments above. I have seen references to this subject but have not found a specific view on whether WAV (transcoded or “as is”) sounds better/different than FLAC on the 272. ![]() I cannot see in my DS216’s GUI that MS can transcode FLAC to WAV. For my large selection of eclectic music, it has been ripped onto my NAS almost exclusively from cd’s by dB poweramp to FLAC level 5, or a few DVD-A or Blu ray 24 bit/96khz etc files to FLAC by DVD- Audio Extractor.ĭespite Media Server working OK to date, I have read various references to WAV sounding “better” than FLAC on certain “old streamers” and so have been increasingly intrigued by transcoding the FLAC files on my NAS to play as WAV on my 272, which I assume is a relatively “old streamer” now. (The more regular issues have been with the Naim app playing up every now and again, but that has generally been resolved by a reset or in some cases uninstalling/re-installing). e.g where I ripped three albums by the same artist which had “and” in the band name, but one of the three albums was inadvertently ripped with “And” rather than “and”, and so shown separately to the other two, as if it was a different artist under the “Artist” or “Album Artist” etc tag on the Naim app. The importance of getting the metadata tagging right has been key and that was an initial learning curve resulting in a few re-rips. Using Media Server and the Naim app I have generally found the layout by Artist, Album Artist, Album etc etc adequate for my needs so far although I appreciate you never know if there is something better until you try it. I have used Synology’s Media Server to date and have had little or no problems but then I don’t have many classical/compilation/greatest hits albums or a desire for different album art etc which I understand Asset UPNP might be better for. Its been a couple of years or so since I have posted following the help I received on the initial set up issues I had with my Synology DS216 NAS from the ever patient and helpful My system is still NAC 272/250DR power amp/XPSDR Power supply and I have been very happy with it (other than a rare software error a few months ago resulting in the 272 having to be sent back via Nintronics to Naim to repair).
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