In Reply to: RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. posted by Crimson on March 19, 2008 at 16:57:18:
Uh...no...you go first. My feelings are reserved for my wife and my therapist.
Why would SPDIF, which is designed to transport digital audio, be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections?
USB's limited distance speaks to its frailty. Ditto with wireless. Wireless can be disturbed too easily: walls; angle of signal propagation; etc. USB and firewire require special purpose drivers utilizing complicated programming.
There is no need to rely on methods not purposely developed for digital audio to transport digital audio when purpose-built digital audio methods are commonly available.
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- RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. - maabx 03/19/0817:23:29 03/19/08 (17)
- RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. - audioengr 18:15:36 03/19/08 (13)
- RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. - maabx 19:00:42 03/19/08 (12)
- RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. - audioengr 19:48:48 03/19/08 (11)
- RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. - maabx 20:23:43 03/19/08 (10)
- RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. - audioengr 23:14:25 03/19/08 (9)
- RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. - maabx 06:14:24 03/20/08 (8)
- RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. - audioengr 10:53:56 03/20/08 (7)
- Well Steve, looks like the Theta does not drop samples after all... - maabx 16:30:49 03/20/08 (1)
- RE: Well Steve, looks like the Theta does not drop samples after all... - audioengr 22:24:23 03/20/08 (0)
- 'Ultra-low jitter in my book is 10's of picoseconds, not 1nsec' - maabx 11:50:01 03/20/08 (4)
- RE: 'Ultra-low jitter in my book is 10's of picoseconds, not 1nsec' - audioengr 22:29:06 03/20/08 (3)
- RE: 'Ultra-low jitter in my book is 10's of picoseconds, not 1nsec' - maabx 07:14:22 03/21/08 (2)
- RE: 'Ultra-low jitter in my book is 10's of picoseconds, not 1nsec' - audioengr 11:32:09 03/21/08 (1)
- Thanks Steve. -t - maabx 14:42:29 03/21/08 (0)
- RE: 'IMO, SPDIF from a computer would be the last method of connectivity to use as far as digital connections. - Crimson 17:38:20 03/19/08 (2)
- We're not talking microwave line-of-sight frequencies here. - rick_m 09:08:06 03/20/08 (0)
- The reasons are obvious? - maabx 17:49:37 03/19/08 (0)