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| Digital music questions @soix Let’s first deconstruct your argument re: noise and clocking (jitter). If the streamer receives audio data over the network, noise and jitter can cause bit errors. However, networking protocols such as Ethernet and TCP/IP contain metho... | |
| Digital music questions @thyname Statements which I made in my first post can be taken seriously because that is how digital data works. If the data received by the DAC's USB receiver from two different components is the same - whether it was sent by a $100 streamer or... | |
| Digital music questions @soix Noise and clock quality are basically immaterial when you're using the USB interface as the transport. This is an asynchronous mechanism - the receiver (i.e. the DAC) will buffer and clock out the data. Also, I'm not sure why having a ... | |
| Digital music questions There are no third-party integrations with Apple Music so if you go the separate streamer route, you’ll need to use AirPlay which is stuck at 24 bit / 48 kHz max for AirPlay 2. You can play back high-res files from Apple Music on your Mac. You... | |
| When Will the DAC Singularity Be Reached? @carlsbad2 You’re mistaken - the digital signal is driving the PWM output stage. There’s no DAC because it’s not needed. This is also how the Raspberry Pi onboard audio works. There are details in this article: https://hackaday.com/2018/07/13/b... | |
| Mac Mini As A Streaming Source AirPlay 2 is limited to 24 bit / 48 kHz, so not ideal if you want bit-perfect hi-res playback. I don’t think any third-party software integrates Apple Music so you’ll have to control the Mac if you’re wed to that streaming service. You can... | |
| Innous Zenith Mk3 and the PS Audio Directstream Mk2 Sometimes the DAC needs to take some time to detect the format and switch from PCM output to DSD. It probably won't happen for subsequent tracks if playing an album. You might want to contact PS Audio about what to do to minimize the latency. | |
| Innous Zenith Mk3 and the PS Audio Directstream Mk2 Looks like the Zenith might not support DSD Native with the DirectStream. See https://innuos.com/kb/known-compatible-native-dsd-dacs/ In general, DSD Native is somewhat of a crapshoot. Might want to try DoP mode - it packages up the DSD in a P... | |
| Okto DAC 8 Stereo (Shout-out) @yyzsantabarbara How is the quality of the Raspberry streamer option? Was it difficult to flash the microSD card with a streamer software? How do you connect the card to a computer to do the flash? I don't own one, but am interested as well. ... | |
| I downloaded high-res files and... @johnread57 I think in your case there are two things you need to address - first, where are you going to store your hi-res files and second, how are you going to access them for playback on two separate systems. If you want to minimize purc... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test Whoever you listened to on the Darko podcast was mistaken. Audio over USB is an isochronous transfer. This means that if bit errors are detected, the packet is dropped and not retransmitted. In this case you will hear dropouts, stuttering or pops ... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test It's not surprising that your friend heard no difference. I've used multiple PCs / Macs / small board computers as a streamer (using USB and sometimes optical) and have heard no difference at all between them. Logically, it doesn't make sense... | |
| Digital Dilemma @navyachts So the conclusion was that the same CD played through the R26 sounded more or less the same as when you played it only through the Onkyo only? That implies that the R26 isn't the cause of any sonic differences you're hearing. Make... | |
| How do I switch from Wi-Fi to Ethernet cables? @mahler123 Banking does absolutely require reliable data transmission. As an example, do a search on 'swift financial messaging services'. You'll see just how much reliable data transmission factors into banking. Even visiting your own bank'... | |
| How do I switch from Wi-Fi to Ethernet cables? Digital data transmission is basically an all or nothing proposition. If you don't have dropouts, hiccups, or pops during playback then the audio data is getting from point A to B intact. There's no logical reason for the sound quality to be diffe... |