jhm731;189931 Wrote: > You're right, I shouldn't expect the Mac Mini's and SB3's digital > outputs to sound exactly the same, so I'd like to revise the > expectation of my original suggestion to creativepart > > Option one: Mac Mini's built in optical digital output to an external > DAC. Option two: a Mac Mini wirelessly connected to a SB3, and then > digital out to the same external DAC. > > Revised expectation: Option one should sound better.
Yet again a total and utter misunderstanding of how things actually work. Don't worry though, prominent hifi reviewers are often equally confused. The wired or wireless TCPIP (network) connection is TOTALLY transparent to the SB3. The SB3 _asks_ for data and buffers lots of it and plays it back AT ITS OWN CLOCK'S SPEED. I believe it is exactly this lack of understanding of the massive benefits of _pulling_ the data from a TCPIP network that keep making reviwers have silly preconceptions. -- P Floding No, I didn't ABX it. And I won't even if you ask me. (Especially not if you ask me.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33836 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
