Sound quality

[tarnkappe]

Some streamers (like naim streamers) do sound better if you e.g. stream wav instead of flac. So it is recommended to transcode the music data on the fly (store it as flac, but play it as wav or pcm data). This can be done with the Synology mediaserver, too, but this has a bug since many versions, so that it does not support gapless playback anymore when using transcoding.

Also some people reported that sound quality is enhanced when using minimserver. Maybe because of less jitter or something.

And third you can experiment with filters (like enhance the bass or lower the treble) when using minimserver. But this is a little bit complicated. I see it more as an experimental thing than a real feature. (Until there will be an app that supports one in configuring the equalizer).