Say again? Your post was a little confusing.

I go FLAC to HDCD filter back to FLAC in dBpoweramp and on squeezecenter it's FLAC to FLAC (i.e. squeezebox/transporter decodes the FLAC).

Actually if I recall squeezebox/transporter cannot handle 24bit WAV (as it's not a standard). And if I recall you said you were going FLAC to WAV in squeeze center which might cause problems with 24 bit. Is that what your saying?

- Fiddler (IMHO)

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