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hi Ben. the differnce is sound between the two is not always apparent and very small when it is. seems that certain disc's sound better then the stream while others sound identical. when i can hear a difference, it's sound-stage depth for the most part. this translates to sounding more "live" imho. one redbook disc also seemed to have a smoother, slightly less fatiguing high end then when streamed. again...a vast majority sound identical.

two that i found sound better with the PWT are eric clapton "backless" and muddy waters/howlin wolf "muddy and the wolf". have not heard any difference in music produced recently so far(the last 10 years or so).

again...the differences can only be heard during critical listening/direct comparisons and only in about 5% of the disc's i've compared (roughly 40 so far). don't want to start a big stink over this as this is one mans opinion with specific tastes in music/sound and on a specific system. plus...i'm no expert by any means.

regarding hi-res dvd's: have compared 5 so far and can tell no difference what so ever(24/96 flac). both sound fantastic (as you know). it's to the point now that i can't even imagine it sounding any better. closing your eye's and feeling like a band is front and center is what the bridge/pwt both do to high res. it's also what this hobby is all about to me.

cheers buddy
Lev

Thanks Levy.

Have you ever encountered any latency-type dropouts? I have been putting up with random dropouts from day one. Since this is not a phenomenon experienced/reported by all Bridge owners (some do, but I believe most do not), I have been going on the assumption that it is a network issue.

What is your server setup? Once I resolve this issue, I will be nearly 100-percent satisfied (when gapless is implemented, I will “feel complete”).

Dang…A Bloody Mary sounds good. Extra spicy, two cherry peppers, one dill spear, a sliver of lime, fresh-ground black pepper….It was a “festive” evening and I am feeling the residuals….

enjoy the bloody mary Ben. i have some issue's with my stream as well. periodic drop outs on both redbook and high res as well as TnP locking up once in a while. i still have a problem with TnP not seeing my PWD from time to time to. this last issue is my biggest problem as it requires rebooting the PWD to correct. lots of tweeking left to do on the bridge imho

i had hoped these problems would be resolved by now but understand there is way more to it then i know. purchased the bridge knowing/expecting problems has helped me get through the frustration but still.... . anyone not ready to put up with this kinda stuff should hold off on the bridge imho.

my set up is pretty simple. new pc running windows 7, j river and a linksys wireless n adaptor. iphone and TnP as well.

cheers
Lev

That's interesting that you, Levy, have similar dropout issues. It makes you wonder if the dropouts are a latency/streaming/network issue or a Bridge issue...?

Hi,
I own both the PWD/Bridge and the PWT. While I enjoy the sound of both, and feel the PWT sounds a little bit better on some discs, even with the occasional issue with the Bridge, the little inconveniences are easliy overcome by the ease of using the Bridge with an iPad to control it. I use the PWT when friends bring discs over to play that I don't have yet in my collection. I do have less issues when I use the DNLA built into JRiver than eLyric. But I do like the layout of eLyric better. I'm waiting for more eLyric issues to be solved with the latest software.
Levy, Isn't the bridge a joy to use. Wait till you get an iPad. I now have all 1036 CDs ripped. I'm having trouble ripping HRx discs from Reference Recordings.
Have fun all!
Steve