On 03/06/2014 09:10, André van Deventer wrote: > > I’m perhaps considering streaming music from my computer to my > hifi system in another room. At present I have a too long > cable doing the same but I am picking up a slight hum on the > system.
Possibly poor quality cable, or it's too close to a mains cable. > I have a wireless adaptor on my computer. Could I use it to > do this or do I need something else on the computer side. > Then of course at the the wifi side you would need some kind > of DAC wireless capability? The existing wireless adaptor on the PC will be fine, but you will need something similar at the Amplifier end. If you have the space for it, a small laptop would probably be the easiest solution; you can then "share" the music folder on the main PC and just browse to it on the laptop in the same way. The laptop's headphone socket will feed your hifi nicely. Option two is to use something like an "internet radio", but this will need extra "sending" software on your PC - and not all internet radios will work in this type of setup. > > Sound quality is very important to me so I am wondering > whether it is possible to stream music wirelessly in lossless > format? In other words is the quality the same as using a > direct cable connection? If you use the first method, it will be exactly the same; the limiting factors will be the player software (which can be the same as what you're using) and the audio circuitry in the laptop. For the second, the quality will depend on how you set up the system, but there should be no problem using the highest quality setting. Again, the main limiter will be the reproduction of the receiver. -- rgds LAurence <>< ..."Bother" said Pooh, as he wiped his flash BIOS. ---Taglines by Tagzilla (tagzilla.mozdev.org)
