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Direct from PC or wireless

I am using a multiple drive setup from my wireless router to transmit audio data to my Dell laptop where the data stream is sent off to the external DAC for processing. The link between PC and DAC is USB which seems to be quite acceptable. I find however that if I play music directly from my PC hard drive or CDROM, the results are far better. Is there, or could there be some degradation of the audio data stream as it is sent wirelessly to my laptop? My disks have been ripped to FLAC files on the disk station so the original WAV quality remains intact. Any thoughts are most welcome.
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frontier1
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robr45
319 posts
 
Absolutely wrong.

You can re-clock just as easily over a wireless connection. The "most advanced" wireless networks are running at 300 mbps which is more than ample.

You can argue jitter all day and maybe even make a point or two with usb versus wifi, but the second you reclock it is a completely different story.
There is absolutely no difference in the data stream.

I also diagree with the premise that our ears dont lie. That is laughable imo.
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Thank you Robr45, care explaining/expanding? G
frontier1 OP
42 posts
 
Well robr45:

You've failed to explain why the results running music directly from my internal computer HD significantly improves the playback results. The only difference is streaming wirelessly. There is obviously something missing here. Your explanation?
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