Mapman, I enjoy my system with Airport Express and Benchmark DAC1.
Advantage of such setup is huge - timing on computer side of wireless doesn't count since data comes without timing compressed in packets. Type of computer, speed, OS, amount of memory, programs running in the background, playback program, HD type, HD interface, computer power supply noise etc. don't count. The only thing that counts is for transmission to be bit perfect.
Instead of fighting jitter everywhere wireless "splitting" limits jitter significance only to receiver and DAC. If receiver recreated clock is jittery than reclocker or DAC containing reclocker (like Benchmark DAC1) will help.
In addition to all this I enjoy using the same computer, sitting across the room, for other tasks including Internet.
Advantage of such setup is huge - timing on computer side of wireless doesn't count since data comes without timing compressed in packets. Type of computer, speed, OS, amount of memory, programs running in the background, playback program, HD type, HD interface, computer power supply noise etc. don't count. The only thing that counts is for transmission to be bit perfect.
Instead of fighting jitter everywhere wireless "splitting" limits jitter significance only to receiver and DAC. If receiver recreated clock is jittery than reclocker or DAC containing reclocker (like Benchmark DAC1) will help.
In addition to all this I enjoy using the same computer, sitting across the room, for other tasks including Internet.