08-Mar-2016, 23:28
On paper/in theory it would. "The best wire is no wire". In practice however it all depends on the quality of implementation.
WiFi is noisy (remember the issue Devialet had with it and the phono inputs) it would need to be isolated well from the other circuits especially the analog circuits. It's digital so the circuits use local clocks, some say these need to be high quality as well even if there's a master clock and a buffer later. Same goes for the internal interfaces that need to be low jitter/low noise. The quality of the software controlling it all needs to be high as well (remember people hearing changes everytime Devialet issues new firmware. And not just with Devialet, it happens with PS Audio as well. They at least use this to their advantage and tune their FPGA code/firmware).
There's so many variables I'm sure I'm forgetting a number of them. I'm not a designer myself of course. I tend to believe there isn't necessarily one best type of interface, again it all depends on the quality of implementation. There's probably just interfaces that are easier to do right than others.
WiFi is noisy (remember the issue Devialet had with it and the phono inputs) it would need to be isolated well from the other circuits especially the analog circuits. It's digital so the circuits use local clocks, some say these need to be high quality as well even if there's a master clock and a buffer later. Same goes for the internal interfaces that need to be low jitter/low noise. The quality of the software controlling it all needs to be high as well (remember people hearing changes everytime Devialet issues new firmware. And not just with Devialet, it happens with PS Audio as well. They at least use this to their advantage and tune their FPGA code/firmware).
There's so many variables I'm sure I'm forgetting a number of them. I'm not a designer myself of course. I tend to believe there isn't necessarily one best type of interface, again it all depends on the quality of implementation. There's probably just interfaces that are easier to do right than others.
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