tomrk
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| Ethernet switches the good and bad @audioman58 "a simple switch is very noisy " What is the nature of the noise? Can you describe it and it's effect on the data stream? Are you seeing re-transmits or lost packets? | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @cleeds Interesting. Do you have any way to share that test? Because based on what I'm seeing on my own, I don't see an issue with Qobuz; quite the opposite. As to the original poster, I have a natural tendency to want to own songs and music... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @fredrik222 Interesting thread It appears Quobuz is using a either a network protocol or an application technique that will try to dump as much data down initially (which probably works really well for short pop & jazz songs) allowing an ins... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @fredrik222 Yeah, that's why I showed the math. I surprised myself when I realized that you could literally download a high-definition FLAC from Qobuz in just a few seconds easily. I use Spotify most of the time since I drive a lot and like to ... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @fredrik222 That's good information; I know some of the early services did that, and I know spotify does this as well. I was curious if you download a 192/24 flac that fast, so I did some back-of-the-envelope calculation. From the article, 1... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs "Streaming cannot do this. Streaming must keep up with the music so streaming always has error management tool that interpolates for any missing bit and moves on" Depends on the protocol in use. Certainly UDP by itself can lose packets and s... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! @ketchup Sounds interesting. Any chance of getting a photo so I understand your placement? | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! 3.6R's, purchased used as a trade-in from a local audio/video store. The price was extremely aggressive since they just wanted to get rid of them (look up the used price online and it was 1/3 of that). Yes, these particular speakers need a lot of... | |
| Tim Bachman of BTO passed at 71 All along I thought Tim was Not Fragile. RIP | |
| Ethernet opinions @fredrik222 Linus takes the Aqvox audiophile switch apart and the difference between the two apparently is they sanded the part # off a chip and glued a crystal on top of some of the chips. Not a crystal oscillator, a crystal. Oh yes, they glue... | |
| Ethernet opinions @shtr74sims I have a little experience at this ;) And I'm sympathetic to the guys who want to improve their systems. I want to do that too! And truly I don't care if guys want to spend money if something make them feel good. But if you're inte... | |
| Ethernet opinions My house is fully wired with Ethernet, and it's all cat 5, which still works fine at speeds of 1GB, and will almost certainly work fine with 2.5GB when those switches come down in price. In addition virtually every wall outlet plugs into a relati... | |
| Can a better power cable make a difference if NOT plugged directly into an outlet? @thyname "or get an engineering degree" Already done. "It’s a bit of stretch to say all USB hubs are already galvanically isolated" I didn't say all, But no doubt some manufacturers will put their name on an average USB hub, put a nicer case... | |
| Can a better power cable make a difference if NOT plugged directly into an outlet? @thyname It's interesting he mentions "galvanically isolated" for DAC's to "clean up and isolate noise", since doing so introduces a transformer or capacitor in the USB chain, which can change the phase of the signal. But it hardly matters bec... | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had GearIT, includes banana jacks on both ends. |