why expensive streamers
@soix and others
I am unclear about the effect on sound of streamers (prior to getting to the dac). Audio (even hi-res) has so little information content relative to the mega and giga bit communication and processing speeds (bandwidth, BW) and cheap buffering supported by modern electronics that it seems that any relatively cheap piece of electronics would never lose an audio bit.
Here is why. Because of the huge amount of BW relative to the BW needs of audio, you can send the same audio chunk 100 times and use a bit checking algorithm (they call this "check sum") to make sure just one of these sets is correct. With this approach you would be assured that the correct bits would be transfered. This high accuracy rate would mean perfect audio bit transfer.
What am I missing? Why are people spending 1000's on streamers?
thx
I'll certainly echo the importance of clocking in streaming. My rig included a Musica Capella III via I2S and it turned out to be an upgrade from an Auralic streamer using USB. Had a chat with the designer of the Capella and he said that he spent the most time and money on the clocking for the unit and combining that with I2S output. Seeing that my Holo May Dac has two I2S inputs, it turned out to be a match made in heaven. |
If you are streaming from an iPhone make sure you have Audio Quality set to Lossless Audio (Settings-Music-Audio Quality) Not all iPhones have this setting, but my 13 Pro Max does and it makes a huge difference. Also, I’ve found my Bluetooth connection sounds better than my cable connection. See my post: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/any-comments-on-the-slash-3-6-bluetooth-adapter |
I'm with mikhailark on this one.... most do not understand how packetized networking works. |
