Ipod to Uniti vs. Itunes lossless streaming via airport express

Posted by: David23 on 03 December 2011

Ipod to Uniti (using upgrade w/ full digital input) vs. Itunes lossless files streaming via airport express>Toslink input to digital.

 

One any better than the other?  Both sound great, but I'm wondering what's better on paper.

 

Anyone?  Thanks.

 

David

Posted on: 11 December 2011 by Damon

David23,

 

I'm very new to this approach to hi-fi, but I found the airport express to have poorer sound quality than streaming iMac wireless to router wireless to UnitiQute. Depth, space, fullness were missing with the airport express.  

 

I found that the differences between good digital files and poor files (both file type and quality of the original disc) were much more apparent using the UPnP route than with the Airport Express. 

 

My impression is that a wired connection is the best system, but I need to understand (and get) a music storage device beside the Qute. 

 

But if the sound quality is the same, go with the least complicated system. My opinion based on my limited experience.