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RE: Is there an audible difference streaming files from a NAS compared to build in SSD? - Disynthegration - 25-Oct-2020 (25-Oct-2020, 08:13)daniel.avasilichioaei Wrote: Theoretically speaking, there should be no difference in the quality of the sound itself. A 24 bit/96 khz stream requires a bandwidth of 4.4 Mbps. That is practically nothing in 2020. If you up it to 192 khz you are at 8.8 Mbps. Still nothing. So this isn't just theoretical... it is very practical and real. Many of the devices in this chain will cache - so even read latencies will be negligible. I can't think of any weak links in today's home computer and networking equipment which could introduce any challenges here. It is way overscaled already... RE: Is there an audible difference streaming files from a NAS compared to build in SSD? - daniel.avasilichioaei - 25-Oct-2020 (25-Oct-2020, 16:38)Disynthegration Wrote: I can't think of any weak links in today's home computer and networking equipment which could introduce any challenges here. It is way overscaled already... This is true, but in an ideal world... Just check the forum of any streaming software (e.g. Roon), and you'll find a lot of users complaining about sound interruptions or network performance issues. Audio streaming does not require high bandwidth, but it does require sustained / constant bandwidth over time, and this is where many problems arise, for many reasons. |