22-Feb-2015, 08:54
Second day of D120:
i have two connections: Toslink to D120 and AIR_ETH. Heard once the crackling, but increased Delay buffer settings 1000ms. no issues seen on AIR_ETH after that. however shifted to Tousling (optical) since last couple of hours, no issues here. This is my original options before D120 arrived.
My Connection: NAS <- wired to Airport Express -> Wired D120 (ETH + Toslink) ; Use MacBook Air iTunes (Airplay for Toslink)
personally found no difference between them. However i would prefer - Touslink route because the Optical BW to handle data is way too higher than copper (ETH, USB etc) But in the end i m not convinced that USB/ETH/Optical - pick up any lowest BW of these, they are still very high than what is needed to our audio requirement. I could be dong some math wrong here but here is my take.
a good quality song for 5 mins is roughly file size of 50MB (.wav)?. means per sec the BW requirement is 50MB / (5x60) = 0.16BMPS (mega bits per second). Slowest USB-2 (can check exact protocol later?) can support ~ 2GBPS. This is way too much higher than what is needed by our systems.
Did i miss anything here ? Key take away is there is no issues with USB (ordinary cable Vs expensive cable) Vs plastic Optical. there is something else with the various protocols working together ? straighten me out if i missed anything here. willing to checkout once again.
fun part : ... just realised (until someone called) i missed India Batting against SA world cup. shows how hocked i was on Devialet 120. can't get out of my seat
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i have two connections: Toslink to D120 and AIR_ETH. Heard once the crackling, but increased Delay buffer settings 1000ms. no issues seen on AIR_ETH after that. however shifted to Tousling (optical) since last couple of hours, no issues here. This is my original options before D120 arrived.
My Connection: NAS <- wired to Airport Express -> Wired D120 (ETH + Toslink) ; Use MacBook Air iTunes (Airplay for Toslink)
personally found no difference between them. However i would prefer - Touslink route because the Optical BW to handle data is way too higher than copper (ETH, USB etc) But in the end i m not convinced that USB/ETH/Optical - pick up any lowest BW of these, they are still very high than what is needed to our audio requirement. I could be dong some math wrong here but here is my take.
a good quality song for 5 mins is roughly file size of 50MB (.wav)?. means per sec the BW requirement is 50MB / (5x60) = 0.16BMPS (mega bits per second). Slowest USB-2 (can check exact protocol later?) can support ~ 2GBPS. This is way too much higher than what is needed by our systems.
Did i miss anything here ? Key take away is there is no issues with USB (ordinary cable Vs expensive cable) Vs plastic Optical. there is something else with the various protocols working together ? straighten me out if i missed anything here. willing to checkout once again.
fun part : ... just realised (until someone called) i missed India Batting against SA world cup. shows how hocked i was on Devialet 120. can't get out of my seat
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Rock OS (Roon) on NUC 2016 Model (ETH Wired to Router) > Cat8 from Router to switch to 220Pro (CI) > RAAT/AIR > Monitor Audio PL300 II
Ipad Mini 4/iPhone for Roon Remote"
Ipad Mini 4/iPhone for Roon Remote"
