Zman - I've heard that too, but I cannot really see why.
Perhaps it's the better quality hard drives used, or the different bus architectures employed?
Personally - I stream via my iMac, but store all my music on a NAS drive with server grade hard drives in a mirrored Raid configuration - which has already saved my library once from being wiped out. Simply dropped in a new drive and it created the new mirror overnight.
All associated hardware is on a hard-wired LAN with CAT6 cabling using it's own hard wired router. No wireless communications in the picture at all.
Extreme? - maybe, but very fast - no problems at all streaming my 24/192 content and the quality is very good.
I originally tried wireless, but there seemed to be too much interference, I assume from other routers close by, that caused frequent dropouts.
Glad to hear you use good cables - they make so much difference. I make my own also.
Do you make your own power cables?
That's something else I've found pay huge dividends, particularly when using a more advanced cable architecture.
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