Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet?

@yyzsantabarbara lol, can’t you humor us and explain how a compressed, and in most cases digitally signed or encrypted signal is broadcasted and lost packets are not retransmitted. Can’t wait for the laughs!

@sns and you, you think that your optical cable and FMC somehow can modify the payload, which is where the music resides during transmission. Again, this fmc and optical cable somehow figured out how to break encryption, flac decoding and pcm in real-time and then modifies it to sound better. I have a few bridges for you, just send me all the money you and your children will ever make up front.

I listen plenty, don’t worry about me.

@emergingsoul  no, no, and definitely no. Just don’t. 

@jumia the summary of this thread is, either you believe the impossible, or you teach yourself about the realities of streaming and networking, and spend your money elsewhere. 

So, with all these streaming devices, designers with white papers, a multitude of individuals hearing the benefits of these devices. I guess we're all deluded dupes of snake oil salesmen trying to drain us of our hard earned money.

Afraid that ain't going nowhere at this site, ASR is the place for absolutes. In the meantime, we're all having fun experimenting with streaming topologies, experiential learning is our bag, pronouncements from high above not!

@sns  absolutely. What it would take to actually make a difference is that you modify the payload. I put every thing you said against the trillion of bank transactions every minute happening globally. Because if FMC actually had a impact and could change the payload, people would be stealing money with the technology. 
 

you don’t understand the technology, that is very obvious, and that is why you can fool yourself in believing it. It is not the same as a speaker cable, interconnect, or even a power cable. It is infinite more complex system with built in safe guards against what you are trying to achieve. The entire protocol set is built to withstand your efforts, and you think you can do anything to impact it. It is laughable.

Like I said, if your premise is correct, trillions of bank transactions are at risk. You really think so? 
 

or do you think a few hundred, maybe even thousands, audiophiles have confirmation bias?