@kennyc Hah! That’ll be me asking to get flamed. :)
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
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I am not trying to upset anyone, but the harsh comments from some that say "if I can't hear it or measure it it must not be real" bother me. Those members who cannot hear differences in network componets, cables, and streamers and are concerned about why many/most of us can hear differences and you can't, should have a hearing test. If their hearing is up to par, then begin working on increasing the resolution of your system. The example I can give from my personal experience is when I upgraded from a Naim NAP DR300 to a pair of the (new at the time) Parasound JC1+s. Overall they are extremey powerful and even handed amps that can really control speakers, and to my ears don't do much of anything wrong. My Sasha 2s loved the power especially in the bass. That said, I kept thinking there is more to the music than I was hearing. I changed to a pair of ARC 160m s, and there was another layer of haze removed. I could hear more details, aspects of the recording I wasn't able to hear before. I now run a Gryphon Antileon EVO and Rockport Cygnus. Spending the time and money increasing the resolution of my system allows me to hear details that were masked when I had a less resolving system. This level of resolution is what allows me (and everyone else that has been to my house) to hear differences in the signal and audio chain. |
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@wokeuptobose I am really just here to learn. I know nothing, especially about streamers and DACs. So far what I learned here is that the streamer delivers a stream of data, like the mailman delivers my mail. I wouldn’t even know if he delivered it with a Bentley or a Fiat. It's about what lands in my mailbox? |
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