[SlimDevices: Beginners] Muddy in the middle

[SleepyLaBeef]

ceejay;274436 Wrote: 
> You've not said what format of file you ripped to - was it lossless or
> lossy?  If you ripped to a lossy format then you will certainly hear
> bad things like you mention, and it could easily be that the lower-fi
> alternative routes are covering up the deficiencies.
> 
> One other conceivable problem - you haven't plugged the SB into a
> "Phono" input on the receiver, have you?
> 
> 
> 
> HTH.

My iTunes library is "lossy" so we re-ripped a couple of songs in Apple
Lossless and compared them to the CD version.  Better but still muddy.

I checked the connection and YES we did plug it into the phono jack. 
Why does that matter?


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