JJZolx;381944 Wrote: > I've played around with streaming Flac as WAV/PCM on my server and can > easily stream to four sync'd Squeezeboxes while doing this (never tried > more than that). Typically, Flac compression only nets about 30-40% in > increased storage space or bandwidth, so if your wireless network can't > handle streaming uncompressed PCM, it's probably pretty marginal to > begin with.
Wifi tends to be quite variable -- sometimes strong, with good throughput, sometimes not so strong. The maximum numbers for n/g/a are highly idealized and rarely even closely obtained. For instance... a microwave oven goes on in the house, the APs negotiate a much lower transmission speed during this time. Saving 30%-50% of the bandwidth necessary to move a file around can mean buffers don't deplete during these typical drop-offs etc. Granted it doesn't take much to stream CD WAV files around uncompressed, and if that is all you are doing it is likely either hit or miss. But once you put a couple PCs in the house on the same wireless network, a NMT streaming DTS SD Video.... those bits of bandwidth become even more scarce. Keep in mind all these wireless technologies are simplex as well. Even a relatively good signal negotiated at 20mbps compared to the state of the art network gear from 12 or more years ago (100mb Switched full duplex) giving full duplex 200mb bandwidth per station, the difference can be huge. -- jt25741 SB3->AR Masters Coax -> PS Audio DLIII (Cullen L3) -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio P-5 -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio W-5 -> Cardas Golden Reference Hi-Mid,PS Audio Xstream Plus Low-> Magnepan 3.6R ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jt25741's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57371 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
