opaqueice wrote: > Robin Bowes Wrote: >> It's the timing information that is the issue. This has been covered on >> these formums many times. >> > > There are (at least) two problems which could occur; one is timing > (jitter) and the other is simply bad bits. I think it's impossible for > bad bits to have an effect like changing the bass. But even for jitter, > it seems rather unlikely, since the spurious sounds introduced by jitter > will have a spectrum which has absolutely nothing to do with the music. > They are due to reflections in the cable, interference from the power > supply, maybe your neighbor running his dishwasher - but it's nothing > at all to do with the frequency spectrum of the music itself (unlike > analogue, where there are many frequency dependent effects).
Please read up on what jitter is and how it can and does have a spectrum related to the music. >> No, it's not the same at all. >> >> Network transmission has error correction. The data is wrapped up in >> various layers of protocols. >> >> With digital audio, the bits simply transmitted over an analogue >> medium. >> There are all sorts of ways the signal can degrade in transmission and >> hence the musical information represented by the signal can be >> affected. >> >> R. > > I agree, it's not a very good analogy - so suppose instead the file > gets corrupted in transfer, then the same question. The file won't get corrupted in transfer - or at least, if it does, you'll know about it. That's what the error correction is for. You don't have that luxury in digital audio. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
