(18-Apr-2016, 21:24)actx76092 Wrote: I think I was unclear/wrong in my description. . for option 3 (the best sounding to me) I have a PC running Roon on a PC connected to D200 via Air. No Aries involved. . sorry!
That makes more sense and I find AIR sounds the best as well. One reason is you take clocking, jitter and noise generated by the computer/Aries etc out of the picture and just send the audio data as needed using a custom delivery protocol sitting on top of standard network protocols to keep the Devialet's buffer full. The Devialet reads the data from it's buffer as it needs it. No physical connection to a noisy computer if using wireless and galvanic isolation if using ethernet.
PS) The Aries is just a small specialized computer optimized for audio delivery.
Roon->HQPlayer->McIntosh C47->McIntosh MC301s>Transparent Super->Wilson Audio Sabrinas w/ Shunyata Denali, Rega RP8, Rega Apheta 2
