Delivery of bits to player
Posted by: Guido Fawkes on 03 January 2011
When I buy CDs through the post some are delivered by the City Link postal service and others by the Royal Mail. Does anybody think that CDs delivered by Royal Mail sound better than those delivered by City Link - just wondered as when the very same bits are delivered to the buffer in the Naim DAC some folk seem to think the delivery method is key.
I've never thought the delivery method made much difference, but fully accept that other factors may make a difference - e.g. the presence of a rather horrible RJ45 connector on an all-in-one Streamer/DAC. Having a computer adjacent to a DAC may cause noise. Having a switch mode power supply on the same ring as Naim kit may be a bad thing ......
However if what arrives in the DAC's buffer is the same then surely it'll sound the same.
I've never thought the delivery method made much difference, but fully accept that other factors may make a difference - e.g. the presence of a rather horrible RJ45 connector on an all-in-one Streamer/DAC. Having a computer adjacent to a DAC may cause noise. Having a switch mode power supply on the same ring as Naim kit may be a bad thing ......
However if what arrives in the DAC's buffer is the same then surely it'll sound the same.