SuperQ;234785 Wrote: > This is true. However I'd like to remind everyone that this is only > true for realtime clocked streams like SPDIF. This is NOT true for the > data between slimserver and the squeezebox. The data is sent in packets > at much higher data rates and buffered at the squeezebox in memory and > played back in realtime.
Right. That's what I call conventional information technology (IT). And it either works 100% correctly or it lets you know if it doesn't. S/PDIF is not IT. It's an audio thing which uses synchronous transfer (and is subject to jitter). If a bit is wrong or if there is jitter, generally it isn't ob Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz -> Sony DAS-703ES DAC -> Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop -> JVC UX-C30 mini system ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39113 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
