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Direct from PC or wireless

I am using a multiple drive setup from my wireless router to transmit audio data to my Dell laptop where the data stream is sent off to the external DAC for processing. The link between PC and DAC is USB which seems to be quite acceptable. I find however that if I play music directly from my PC hard drive or CDROM, the results are far better. Is there, or could there be some degradation of the audio data stream as it is sent wirelessly to my laptop? My disks have been ripped to FLAC files on the disk station so the original WAV quality remains intact. Any thoughts are most welcome.
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frontier1

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frontier1 OP
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Thank you Guido:

Our ears don't lie and I trust your opinion on the subject addressed here. I suspect it has something to do with erratic data transfer rates not to mention the slow speeds of even the most advanced wireless routers today. I might try an ethernet connection for a high transfer rate. The convenience of this type of set up is fantastic. The ability to catalogue one's cd titles by gendre, artist, disk title and track is very nice indeed.
frontier1 OP
42 posts
 
Well robr45:

You've failed to explain why the results running music directly from my internal computer HD significantly improves the playback results. The only difference is streaming wirelessly. There is obviously something missing here. Your explanation?
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