Devialet WiFi Bit Perfect?

[Sailor4W]

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

Thanks so much for the link!

So what is the max DSD Rate the Devialet is capable of handling?

And you basically feed in a DSD file and Devialet recognizes it and plays ist over DoP? Or does one have to make adjustments in the player software, say, Roon?

Regards, Paul