Really bad resampling of 44.1kHz/16bits files with Fixed Resoultion SPDIF setting

Here the answer for anybody asking if this can be heard.

These are the original files (yes, you will very likely hear absolutely nothing):
44kHz/16bits: CCIF_19k_20k_1_1_-6_dBFS_44k_PCM16_LR.flac
48kHz/16bits: CCIF_19k_20k_1_1_-6_dBFS_48k_PCM16_LR.flac

And the are the results:
44kHz/16bits to 192kHz/24bits: 44b16to192b24.flac
48kHz/16bits to 44.1kHz/16bits: 48b16to44b16.flac

While when the resampling works as expected (again, you will most probably not hear anything):
48kHz/24bits to 44.1kHz/16bits: 48b24to44b16.flac
 
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It reminds me a bit of old stories of "wiim and his deceitful drc"...
" povre wiim et son fourbe drc"
;-))
 
erazortt said:
While at 16 bit inputs, non-integer conversions of the input sampling rate to the output sampling rate will produce a bad result.
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Your observations regarding non integer conversion are similar to mine.

O

Post in thread 'Advantages of using Fixed resolution?'

WiiM Support said:
Hi onlyoneme,

The bit resolution issue has been fixed, and we have whitelisted the update for your device. Could you please test it and let us know if it resolves your streaming issue? Thank you for your assistance and support.
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I've made some tests and it's fixed indeed, I do not observe a bit depth degradation. Well done.

However I have some remarks:

1. Resampling results differ a bit when the toslink input is used and when we use a network streaming, especially for upsampling.

That's the sine 1 kHz signal at 0 dBFS, network streaming, 48>96 upsampling:

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and the...
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onlyoneme said:
Your observations regarding non integer conversion are similar to mine.

O

Post in thread 'Advantages of using Fixed resolution?'

WiiM Support said:
Hi onlyoneme,

The bit resolution issue has been fixed, and we have whitelisted the update for your device. Could you please test it and let us know if it resolves your streaming issue? Thank you for your assistance and support.
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I've made some tests and it's fixed indeed, I do not observe a bit depth degradation. Well done.

However I have some remarks:

1. Resampling results differ a bit when the toslink input is used and when we use a network streaming, especially for upsampling.

That's the sine 1 kHz signal at 0 dBFS, network streaming, 48>96 upsampling:

1721038875289.png

and the...
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Have you compared WiiM resampling to sox?
 
I love music, but I have to resample somewhere. For now the task is handed over to my downstream MiniDSP Flex Eight, and I am quite ashamed that I didn’t catch the earlier measurements by @onlyoneme…
 
Upsampling music would just muddy the sound. Still useful for those who needs them. I personally don’t like it.
 
Smartplug said:
Is it even audible? Measurement can show this information but what matters if it’s audible. We get excited when we see thd+noise .011 vs .0011. It’s nice to see many zero before number. Many in blind test wound not able to tell difference unless your ear is precision audio.
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Yes its audible and I noticed this several weeks ago .
M

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s3igell said:
Wiim offers as a setting "Fixed Frequency" Output on the Digital Outputs. If that is not desired, turn it Off.
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Yes, and the sound gets slightly worse using this fixed option, a bit thinner and harder at least with my ears.

The fixed sample rate option in the ultra is better sounding than a Yamaha wxc50 resampling ( which is terrible in preamp mode ) , but the Ultra sounds best with native sampling frequency on all material.

With fixed resolution enabled, the sound is slightly thinner and sound less ”real”.
 
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