SBGK;686558 Wrote: > I don't understand the buffer memory thing, when I make a change I > restart the song, I can observe the network traffic sending an initial > burst of data and then a steady stream, so the buffer has been > refreshed. I don't make a change and then hear an immediate difference > unless I restart the song, don't know if that covers your concern > above. >
I don't think it does. The reasons this test keeps being suggested are twofold. The first reason is that it shows conclusively that the the data is buffered, but obviously that's not at issue any more. The second reason is that, if we suspect that the server computer (or the connection to it) is somehow able to influence the sound of playback, then disconnecting it ought to give us a 'golden period', while the remainder of the buffer plays out, in which all of these server-based influences are gone. That should be the best that the player can sound. If you don't hear an improvement in the sound when you remove the network cable, well, you can draw your own conclusions. Where I think the problem lies at the moment, and this may be the reason that the above test isn't conclusive for you, is that you don't seem convinced that the buffered data contains all the right ones and zeros, in the right order, ready to be played back at the right speed by the player. If that's the case, and you believe that the content of the buffer is already inherently somehow corrupted by the way it got there, then that would explain why the test might not be viewed as conclusive. But it's not, so it is. -- chill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93257 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
