Charles - Most devices that deliver low jitter are buffering either packets over the ethernet or WiFi or they are buffering bursts over USB from a computer. The data is then clocked out of these buffers with a free-running clock. The latter is mor like a stream, but it is still bursty.
In the early days of computer audio uninterrupted streams did exist, but these were clocked from the computer as master and it was difficult to achieve low jitter using these protocols. These methods have been all but abandoned.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
In the early days of computer audio uninterrupted streams did exist, but these were clocked from the computer as master and it was difficult to achieve low jitter using these protocols. These methods have been all but abandoned.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio