ralphpnj wrote: > Since many of the recent threads on this sub section have quickly > devolved into flame wars and name calling perhaps a thread with less > "audiophile" baggage might result in a more meaningful and worthwhile > discussion. Let's see how this subject works out, shall we. > > The world of audio is changing in many ways due to the wide spread > acceptance and use of digital audio. One example of this is the way that > streaming audio has changed the way we think about music collections, > i.e. one central music library location (server) feeding many separate > audio systems and all of it controlled by a smart phone or tablet. > > One of the great features of digital audio is that digital audio offers > the ability to re-engineer the entire audio playback chain from top to > bottom. This new approach to playback can be something as simple as room > correction via a digital signal processor or something as radical as a > digital audio server (music server) feeding digitally active speakers > without need for any of the more traditional audio equipment (DACs, > pre-amps, power amps and lots of wires and interconnects). By digitally > active speakers I am referring to speakers that contain all the > components (DSPs, DACs and amps) right in the speaker and that can be > controlled from a computer, tablet or smart phone. Now the pro audio > world has been moving in this direction for quite some time but when > might the high end audio world take this step and what might the results > look and sound like? > > Edit: > > There is a good example of the direction that digital audio is moving > high end audio in the Bel Canto Design Black amplification system > featured in the July 2015 issue of Stereophile magazine. > (http://www.belcantodesign.com/black/)
I'm trying to figure out what is described above that I don't already have in place. My system offers room, speaker, and system correction via Audyssey which is a standard feature of the AVR. My loudspeakers are based on switchmode power supplies, power amps, and internal DSP optimization of the whole speaker system. My AVR, my BD player and my cable system DVR all incorporate full-function network music players for access to both my LAN and the entire Internet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103847 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
