[jhbodle]

I have the Bowers and Wilkins option fitted into my 5 Series and have been experimenting with how to get the best quality source file to play on the system with limited success:

- Standard 44KHz 2ch FLAC files work
- Some 6ch FLAC files work, but not all of them and they only play in stereo
- MQA files play but it sounds like they are not decoding the extra information

Do DVD-Audio discs work? What's the best quality files you have been able to play on the system?

[nyc_alex]

Originally Posted by jhbodle

I have the Bowers and Wilkins option fitted into my 5 Series and have been experimenting with how to get the best quality source file to play on the system with limited success:

- Standard 44KHz 2ch FLAC files work
- Some 6ch FLAC files work, but not all of them and they only play in stereo
- MQA files play but it sounds like they are not decoding the extra information

Do DVD-Audio discs work? What's the best quality files you have been able to play on the system?

You can get 24 bit/192 KHz FLAC working. I'd just stick with 44 KHz 16 bit FLAC though. I know enough about signal processing (Electrical Engineer) to know 44 KHz 16 bit is basically perfect to the human ears. That said I still load 24 bit FLAC sometimes since that's what I got and storage is cheap.

[AP]

I'm also not sure that the system is good enough to be able to pick up on anything better than 44khz 16bit. As good as it might be I can't see how any car system could be considered audiophile .

Use wav and also lossless wma which has the advantage of no loss of quality, smaller size and also images retained