20-Mar-2015, 00:46
(This post was last modified: 20-Mar-2015, 00:47 by Rufus McDufus.)
I don't wish to be seen as defending the Melco approach but there are solid engineering principles behind this and TCP optimisation in varying forms is a well-understood area especially in terms of maximising throughput and minimising errors. For instance I know from my particular area of knowledge that the likes of Akamai plus the big Internet sites perform some pretty sophisticated methods of achieving the best performance possible and I think the Melco devices are using some similar methods, but looking at it from an audio point of view.
I'm thinking of an automobile analogy where it is possible to try different engineering techiques, some of which may well be addressing a problem that isn't in reality (and hindsight) a problem but because we fortunately most of us live in a relatively free world, they are free to try - and I don't begrudge them for trying! The automobile industry is littered with such attempts to make things better, some ludicrous and hilarious to us now, but also some which actually turned out to be pretty clever and advanced things to the state we are at now.
I really like the end result from the devices I heard. I suspect fairly strongly that some of the innovations have played a part in that. It's not blind chance that this is the case. There will be better sounding devices from Melco or whoever at some point in the future I'm sure, but I'm happy that things seem to be moving along rapidly.
I'm posting this after a few glasses of Polish beer so apologies if it doesn't make too much sense tomorrow!
I'm thinking of an automobile analogy where it is possible to try different engineering techiques, some of which may well be addressing a problem that isn't in reality (and hindsight) a problem but because we fortunately most of us live in a relatively free world, they are free to try - and I don't begrudge them for trying! The automobile industry is littered with such attempts to make things better, some ludicrous and hilarious to us now, but also some which actually turned out to be pretty clever and advanced things to the state we are at now.
I really like the end result from the devices I heard. I suspect fairly strongly that some of the innovations have played a part in that. It's not blind chance that this is the case. There will be better sounding devices from Melco or whoever at some point in the future I'm sure, but I'm happy that things seem to be moving along rapidly.
I'm posting this after a few glasses of Polish beer so apologies if it doesn't make too much sense tomorrow!