Phil Leigh;656481 Wrote: > Correct. I don't usually have this much trouble communicating... :-) I'm sure it's my fault for being a bit thick or ignorant, or both :)
I will say, however, that the whole topic of digital audio transmission is massively confusing, with so many contradictory statements being made (often extremely forcefully, to put it mildly), that it can be no real surprise that a rank amateur like myself gets totally baffled. I suspect that part of my problem is that I am remain completely astonished that the reliable transfer of bits from one place to another appears to cause so much dispute in the audio world. The idea that some noise may be carried at the same time ought to be irrelevant provided the bits are all present and correct, but that's clearly not so. I'm not asking for an explanation, since I almost certainly wouldn't understand it. I'm just hinting that some of us are interested in trying to get the best from our systems, without really grasping the underlying technical issues, and it's all too easy to misunderstand what people are saying. -- PasTim Server on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, 2 CPU, 2GHz, 4GB, FLAC files. Touch on Ethernet (in another room). Analogue out over 'a bit of wire' to ageing Quad Hi-Fi. An old (wireless) laptop controls the server using Chrome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
