aubuti wrote: > The sound quality of ethernet is no better than wireless. They both use > TCP/IP which has error correction protocols to make sure that the bits > sent are the bits received, and in proper order. However, ethernet is > generally more reliable than wifi, and much less susceptible to > interference.
Er, not quite exactly. In my house, the WiFi is so flakey that there are audible dropouts. The stream breaks up due to errors and retransmissions to fix them. The problem is that streaming media demands delivery or you can hear the dropouts. Same with HD Video, only far more bandwidth is needed, so you can get it more often. If the packets are delivered on time, there is no sounds quality difference between Cat5/5e/6 and WiFi. But if there are Wifi problems, there are clear and audible differences. I have found no audible differences between different Cat-X flavors and would not expect any. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
