On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 05:12:00PM -0400, Phil Frost wrote: > Well, another way to do it is run balanced audio over one or more of > the pairs in cat5. In fact 100 megabit ethernet uses only 2 of the 4 > available pairs, so you could in theory run stereo audio and ethernet > over a single cable (though I haven't tried this, maybe crosstalk > would add some audible noise). If your transmitters and receivers are > properly balanced, I bet a blind listening test wouldn't reveal any > difference. It's also cheap to implement, zero latency, and > synchronization is at worst the maximum difference between wires > divided by the speed of light. If you aren't sold on the idea, you can > make a box with a tube in it, illuminated by an LED, and say it adds > tube warmth or something.
Running audio over cat5 is possible, provided you use shielded cable and perfect balancing at both ends. It's even available commercially, see http://www.etslan.com/pdf%20docs/12.%20PA200%20Series%20InstaSnake.pdf Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
