N or G router
Posted by: Rockingdoc on 12 February 2009
Does the type of router make a difference for hi-fi audio streaming using devices such as Transporter or NAS/Airport Express?
This question comes from one who can't even get a simple domestic wireless network to operate.
This question comes from one who can't even get a simple domestic wireless network to operate.
quote:Originally posted by pcstockton:
What about digital cables???? Different materials in toslink cables, toslink vs. Coax. I dont remember anyone laughing at these comparisons..... which i do.
TCP/IP over Ethernet using ARP is a quite a different story from S/PDIF. The main difference is in the multiple layers all buffered and running on high-speed. The S/PDIF isn't buffered and runs in real time (CD reads as fast as it reproduces). This gives the TCP layer running from say a hard drive (over an order of magnitude faster than an audio CD), more than enough time to re-transmit the information. Also, the way data is read from a hard disc is very different than from audio CD, audio CD's are read at a steady rate, and designed to have errors in reading, discs are designed to be "flawless".
I believe the correct English phrase is "Apples and Oranges". In my country we say something like "don't mix frogs and grandmothers"
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