NAS + Ethernet DAC = lossless transport ?


since ethernet is lossless (error corrected), if you stream lossless digital music (eg FLAC) from the NAS to the DAC over the network (eg my Marantz AV7005 is such a dac with an ethernet port (its a preamp) - then isnt the transport lossless to the DAC? And wouldnt that be fundamentally better than any cd player transport (assuming the DAC was the same)?
chrysos

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So, the actual bitstream is better with a NAS. Seems that approximations and interpolations to account for CD imperfections is something that can only hurt the sound quality.

For the jitter, then, why isn't the right product a DAC with a network interface that is internally designed for low clock jitter. The CDP has a read/transport problem to solve, and a jitter problem to solve, two places where it can lose audio quality. The Network DAC would have only one: jitter. The content would arrive losslessly.