Devialet WiFi Bit Perfect?

[Chris Marshall]

Hi

Above 24/96, the wifi changes it's mode to increase reliability I believe, I think it changes the clock control from the receiving device (the devialet) to the sending device the PC).  It should still be bit perfect but the devialet is receiving a less accurately timed file (more jitter?).  Whether this makes any difference depends how well the devialet deals with this, in practice I felt more comfortable with ethernet for DSD and 24/192 but it's probably more paranoia than reality.  There are (or were) some pages buried somewhere in devialet's website that talk about this with a more correct technical explanation.

cheers

Chris

Wow, good to know!

I thought either Roon or Devialet would have some algorithm built in to automatically down-sample everything above 96 kHz files. But I do see the reason of increasing reliability of transmission. I switched to Ethernet in the meantime and all 196 kHz files are kept as such!

DSD? Does Devialet do some DS? Didn't know that. But I should finally read Devialet's manual!

Yes, I use DSD via RAAT (works by air Ethernet as well I'm pretty sure) a fair bit.  The devialet it fundamentally PCM but I think they transform it mathematically to the same PCM format they use for volume control (I think their three letter acronym was Minimum Arithmetic Transform!).

Just found a link to the white paper about it if anyone needs help getting to sleep . https://www.tophifi.pl/productattachment...oad?id=260

Anyway, well recorded DSD sounds great through the Devialet!  I recently bought and ripped 3 of the MFSL Dire Straits remasters and Love Over Gold and Dire Straits are the best I've ever heard them.

cheers

Chris