garym wrote: > As aubuti correctly points out, there is no aspect of a datastream being > "precise" when it comes to TCP/IP getting the data from the computer/NAS > to the TOUCH via eithernet or WIFI. It either arrives or doesn't. If it > doesn't, there won't be subtle sound quality differences; rather there > will be dropouts, buffering, etc. Be careful when reading internet > audiophile forums. Much of the discussion is entirely wrong when it > comes to how a squeezebox system works. To be fair, the incorrect info > is in many cases a "carryover" effect from folks assuming the old > problems of "soundcards inside a computer" are still applicable to a SB > player. And as I hope you understand now, this is simply NOT the case. > > p.s. I started with a ReadyNAS duo for my SB server and it worked, but > it was painfully underpowered, so things like browsing my music > collection (about 70,000 tracks) was painfully slow. Scanning the music > was painfully slow (all day versus 30-40 minutes). My vortexbox servers > (which are simply low-powered computers without keyboards or monitor) > are extremely fast on all accounts.
...and much of the whole debate of digital audio is a carry over from the analog era and don't apply either and is largely made up of misunderstanding basic concepts . And treat any "information" from TAS or computeraudiophile or similar cult furoms as nonsense ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95276 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
