Re: [slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-07-06 Thread wayne325
Nostromo;558516 Wrote: Elsewhere, I told someone he should get a Squeezebox instead of a sound card. Here's what another poster replied: To this, I replied: And his answer was: Not sure what to answer to this. I wonder if microsecond sound gaps are even possible. When I

Re: [slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-06-30 Thread mlsstl
One point overlooked so far is that a wired ethernet connection can also have momentary interruptions due to network traffic and the processing needs of other programs that are necessary to run a computer. Simply put, a wired computer connection is not a smooth, uninterrupted flow either. As

Re: [slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-06-29 Thread funkstar
bpa;558544 Wrote: In summary, the possibility of microsecond gaps in audio could happen with RealAudio live streaming but no other protocols are using this technique. I think this is clouding the issue though. The person the OP was quoting clearly believes that this an inherent problem with

Re: [slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-06-29 Thread bpa
funkstar;558669 Wrote: I think this is clouding the issue though I agree but I am offering an explanation why somebody may have heard this effect a few years ago (e.g. listens to BBC stream, hears gaps and then decides all wireless audio is bad). I think it is important not to discredit the

Re: [slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-06-29 Thread funkstar
Fair point bpa :) -- funkstar '[project log] funkstars digital lifestyle' (http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-lifestyle/179882-project-log-funkstars-digital-lifestyle.html) - 'hexus.community' (http://forums.hexus.net/) *in use:* *1*x touch, *1*x boom, *2*x sb3, *1*x controller *in a box:* *1*x

Re: [slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-06-29 Thread mooblie
I'd like to ask the wifi-doubters: how do you get microsecond gaps in an audio stream that has been digitized at 44kHz, when the gap between INDIVIDUAL SAMPLES is 22 microseconds? Even at 96kHz (which I doubt few are listening to anyway) the intersample gap is over 10 microseconds. Some people

[slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-06-28 Thread Nostromo
Elsewhere, I told someone he should get a Squeezebox instead of a sound card. Here's what another poster replied: Nostromo’s suggestion is a very reasonable alternative in my estimation that will provide more power than a sound card alone (if you want that) and has the additional benefit

Re: [slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-06-28 Thread aubuti
Nostromo;558516 Wrote: Not sure what to answer to this. I wonder if microsecond sound gaps are even possible. When I have wireless problems, it just stops. I don't remember experiencing any stuttering... Well, anything is possible, but I'd say the probability of microsecond sound gaps is

Re: [slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-06-28 Thread Phil Leigh
This absolutely doesn't happen. You either get big gaps (stuttering - because there is a wi-fi problem) or NO gaps at all. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good

Re: [slim] A question about wireless sound quality

2010-06-28 Thread bpa
I wonder if microsecond sound gaps are even possible. Microsecond gaps were possible and happened with RealAudio format when live streaming. RealAudio as well as encoding the audio, takes 1-2 secs fragments of audio and slices it up into millisecond fragments and distributes them amongst a