ralphpnj;657532 Wrote: > > 1) Do cables matter when transferring digital data? > > 2) Do the Squeezebox family devices output a bit perfect digital data > stream to either their internal DAC or to an external DAC? > > 2a) Are all bit perfect digital data streams of the same data > identical? > > 3) Other than speed and dropouts is wireless streaming sonically > inferior to wired streaming?
good questions, I am happy to answer to the best of my knowledge 1) if you mean the coax digital output on the SB family, then most well made coax cables do the job just fine, I have used the following with my SB Receivers into various external dacs without any cause for alarm re sq ! QED, Cambridge Audio, Van den Hul, Chord and Profigold, all much of muchness to me. The science behind a good coax interconnect cable is here http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~jcgl/Scots_Guide/audio/skincoax/page6.html by the way, the article you reference is about HDMI cables, so nothing to do with coax 2) yes, Slimdevices did a really good job with the pcb layouts on the Touch, the Duet Receiver, SB3 and Transporter. You only have to google and read a few reviews to get the picture from the audiophile brigade. This is good information I believe, please read all the comments as well http://www.computeraudiophile.com/bolder-cable-company-squeezebox-duet-review 3) the same, the SB receivers have a small buffer, so a bit like the CD Playe in a car, if you hit some bumps in the road, the buffer kicks in, if you have a pretty bad wifi signal strength network, then obviously the buffer cannot keep up. -- pcourtney Infrant ReadyNAS 1000S Sparc CPU 512mb and SBS 7.6.1 SBS Remote Control via an iPad2 and Logitech app Squeezebox Duet Receivers WiFi Connected x 3 Musical Fidelity X-CAN v2 Headphone Amps x 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pcourtney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49217 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90360 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
