01-Mar-2018, 17:12
For me it's the same as USB is by far ahead to Ethernet/WIFI when it comes to true sound.
AES / EBU might be better together with a Mutec. Unfortunately I couldn't test it yet.
The problem with USB sounding better or not compared to ethernet/WIFI is the PC/Laptop and the USB-cable. Both have to be dedicated to audio. The USB connection is so sensitive and transparent that it would sound horrible digital when you just plug your printer USB-cable between your MacBook and your Devialet.
One example I listened to with a friend last week. I was tuning his system while we were streaming from Foobar/dedicated soundcard to his amp. Unfortunately he has to stream from his productive PC and he got 3 instances of Opera browser with several tabs open. I told him to close Opera because there were some sounds in the music I didn't like especially a boomy bass. As soon as he closed all Opera instances the bass went from boomy/unprecise/out of phase to more accurate/dynamic/ more in phase and musical. Try it. Open your browser several times and open 10-20 tabs in them...listen/stop and close the browser/ listen again. Sound will improve in every aspect. And that was 'only' your browser There are dozens of tasks you won't need for streaming that give a bad impact on sound. If you stream over Ethernet these impacts are less prominent as the connection is less sensitive and less transparent. Don't ask why. It's just my experience.
I can fully understand why some of you prefer Ethernet because USB sounds more digital. But that is technically not due to USB but to a bad source (PC/USB-cable/powerquality)
gui
AES / EBU might be better together with a Mutec. Unfortunately I couldn't test it yet.
The problem with USB sounding better or not compared to ethernet/WIFI is the PC/Laptop and the USB-cable. Both have to be dedicated to audio. The USB connection is so sensitive and transparent that it would sound horrible digital when you just plug your printer USB-cable between your MacBook and your Devialet.
One example I listened to with a friend last week. I was tuning his system while we were streaming from Foobar/dedicated soundcard to his amp. Unfortunately he has to stream from his productive PC and he got 3 instances of Opera browser with several tabs open. I told him to close Opera because there were some sounds in the music I didn't like especially a boomy bass. As soon as he closed all Opera instances the bass went from boomy/unprecise/out of phase to more accurate/dynamic/ more in phase and musical. Try it. Open your browser several times and open 10-20 tabs in them...listen/stop and close the browser/ listen again. Sound will improve in every aspect. And that was 'only' your browser There are dozens of tasks you won't need for streaming that give a bad impact on sound. If you stream over Ethernet these impacts are less prominent as the connection is less sensitive and less transparent. Don't ask why. It's just my experience.
I can fully understand why some of you prefer Ethernet because USB sounds more digital. But that is technically not due to USB but to a bad source (PC/USB-cable/powerquality)
gui
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