Julf <[email protected]> writes: > rkrug wrote: >> Well - somewhere, I have to convert from digital to analog - so I need >> a >> DAC and an amplifier and a speaker. Finally, these things might be in >> one box (the speaker), and (*im theory*) working perfectly together, >> but >> still - isn't this again the good old transistor radio? > > The transistor radio sacrificed a lot of things in order to be portable.
I would expect that, as all components need to be doubled (one per channel), the sacrifice will not be done for portability (possibly in some it would), but for costs. I would assume that you need good components to build a good system - and if you need them twice, you have to pay double. > A better analogy would be the traditional stereo system centered around > integrated amplifier. You have a source (record player), a control unit > (the amp), and the speakers. > In the brave new fully digital world, you have a source (a server > somewhere, probably on the Internet), a control unit (phone or > tablet), and the speakers. True - but you still need a DAC and an amp in the speaker. But how does this differ from LMS: source (LMS), control unit (iPeng et al) and "speakers" (squueezaplayer, squeezebox, ... & amp & speaker)? Isn't it just the protocol how the data (flac, ...) is transferred over the network? I know that AES67 offers more interoperability, .... But in this context here, I would say the only difference is that the "speakers" are in one box? > You already have this in a lot of bluetooth "lifestyle" systems - but > AES67 etc. allows you to do it at the highest possible sound quality, > and with a lot more flexibility. > > > > "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this > fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt > edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105611 > > _______________________________________________ > audiophiles mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982
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