Wi-Fi Fidelity?


Any degradation of signal (i.e.: loss of fidelity) when sending that signal via wireless? My only physical connectivity option from laptop to DAC is via USB – unfortunately, the DAC is not HDMI capable. Which would provide the best signal transfer, the laptop + DAC (via USB), or the laptop + Wi-Fi router + Wi-Fi server +DAC (via coax)?
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Showing 1 response by audioengr

Ethernet is the best transport medium, either WiFi or wired, for audio data.

This is a system-thing, not a device or protocol thing. Some systems may be sensitive to RFI, but for other reasons. In particular, ground-loops provide very nice loop antennas to pick up RFI. HF currents in these ground loops can be audible. Get rid of the ground-loop antenna and you will likely have no noise from RFI. To assume that RF affects all audio systems is erroneous.

My system has no ground-loops, so RFI has absolutely no effect, and my personal system is one of the most resolving systems on the planet.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio