Ravenna: a network audio distribution technology

[Antoine]

I also wouldn't be surprised when we're going to be seeing new technologies popping up in both DAC's and streamers soon. Technologies like those that replace USB and/or uPnP/DLNA/OH solutions with ethernet based solutions like Ravenna/AES67 (or similar). See http://nadac.merging.com/nadac for an example. We've just seen it happen with DSD! 

Hi Antoine can you explain these innovations and what they mean to our hobby?

Cheers

Guillaume

Hi Guillaume, the things I mentioned are of course just examples that may make it/or not. The main point I was trying to make is that computer audio is moving at such an incredible fast pace that relatively big investments in non- or limited upgradable gear may prove to become disappointing. With all these advances made over the past several years also in DAC's even my own Devialet today already feels a bit 'antiquated' -to me-.

NB. About Ravenna, there's a some explanation about the technologies and their uses in our hobby here: http://nadac.merging.com/networking and here: http://www.merging.com/products/pyramix/ravenna

IMO it would be a great replacement technology for the proprietary, badly performing Devialet AIR BTW.