Music server quality.


Has technology progressed to the point where a music server will outperform the very best CD player, or do the very best players still sound better than the very best music servers?
mdhoover

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Wireless and networked servers are superior technically to USB or Firewire, although some wireless servers are limited to 16//44.1 currently. Networked is superior because networked streaming audio is clocked at the destination, not from the source like USB or Firewire. This provides the opportunity to reclock or clock with very low-jitter clocks in the receiver unit. This can also be accomplished using USB or Firewire, but is much more difficult and costly.

The current sound quality issue with wireless is due to implementation more than technology IMO. Give it some time and things will get a LOT better.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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