27-Feb-2015, 07:38
By now you (Womaz) figured Devialet has high end DAC Texas Instrument PCM1792.
This post is looking for a good Network streamer which does not have DAC (dont want to pay for it
again and maybe other serious tech stuff i m not an Audio expert ).
This list will also include Dialog from Devialet thats coming in near future. for perfect quality, senior folks in this forum use streamers which is a computer on its own, Either Intel based (Bryston, NUC, Apple Mini) or ARM based (there are many in the list) and a robust APP (iPad, Iphone, androids etc) to use, and play the music sitting in couch. the Streamer will figure to fetch from NAS, HDD and send it to Devialet on USB, ETH etc. wired is always better. and also for hires, quality is way to high (you already know it)
Some background on wireless, feel free l to skip this...
Wireless - normal packets of information sent to destination, if not reached correctly, the protocol resends the packet, re-stitch it. however audio/video, once sent to the destination (Devialet), even if there is miss in the packet, there is no re-sending, because the time has already passed. Hence there is Cache on board on these streamers which helps to buffer enough so there is no glitch. Qaulity - Near to the original. Of-course there is lot to the whole thing, its not as simple as i have written couple of lines here.
This post is looking for a good Network streamer which does not have DAC (dont want to pay for it
again and maybe other serious tech stuff i m not an Audio expert ). This list will also include Dialog from Devialet thats coming in near future. for perfect quality, senior folks in this forum use streamers which is a computer on its own, Either Intel based (Bryston, NUC, Apple Mini) or ARM based (there are many in the list) and a robust APP (iPad, Iphone, androids etc) to use, and play the music sitting in couch. the Streamer will figure to fetch from NAS, HDD and send it to Devialet on USB, ETH etc. wired is always better. and also for hires, quality is way to high (you already know it)
Some background on wireless, feel free l to skip this...
Wireless - normal packets of information sent to destination, if not reached correctly, the protocol resends the packet, re-stitch it. however audio/video, once sent to the destination (Devialet), even if there is miss in the packet, there is no re-sending, because the time has already passed. Hence there is Cache on board on these streamers which helps to buffer enough so there is no glitch. Qaulity - Near to the original. Of-course there is lot to the whole thing, its not as simple as i have written couple of lines here.
Rock OS (Roon) on NUC 2016 Model (ETH Wired to Router) > Cat8 from Router to switch to 220Pro (CI) > RAAT/AIR > Monitor Audio PL300 II
Ipad Mini 4/iPhone for Roon Remote"
Ipad Mini 4/iPhone for Roon Remote"
