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Hi-Fi audio PC solution at a distance from the PC
Hi RAHE,
If one wanted a "highend" hi-fi audio solution from a PC and for it to be controlled by the PC itself (preferably with no interface of its own), but with amplification and speakers being kind of remote in location, what are the possibilities? 1 A good Firewire hardware device seems feasible. But how much distance can a firewire connection run? 2 WLAN audio. Ex Apple Airport. Are they any good? 24/96? 3 Other possibilities? Thanks, Wessel |
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Wessel Dirksen wrote:
Hi RAHE, If one wanted a "highend" hi-fi audio solution from a PC and for it to be controlled by the PC itself (preferably with no interface of its own), but with amplification and speakers being kind of remote in location, what are the possibilities? 1 A good Firewire hardware device seems feasible. But how much distance can a firewire connection run? 2 WLAN audio. Ex Apple Airport. Are they any good? 24/96? 3 Other possibilities? You can get quite some distance out of TOSlink digital out from a decent PC card into an outboard DAC/preamp/amp setup. You might also be able to use digital coax if the run is not overly long. Cheers, |
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On 1 Oct 2005 01:49:46 GMT, "Wessel Dirksen"
wrote: Hi RAHE, If one wanted a "highend" hi-fi audio solution from a PC and for it to be controlled by the PC itself (preferably with no interface of its own), but with amplification and speakers being kind of remote in location, what are the possibilities? 1 A good Firewire hardware device seems feasible. But how much distance can a firewire connection run? 2 WLAN audio. Ex Apple Airport. Are they any good? 24/96? 3 Other possibilities? Thanks, Wessel SPDIF. Coax can send it pretty well as far as you want. |
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Wessel Dirksen wrote:
Hi RAHE, If one wanted a "highend" hi-fi audio solution from a PC and for it to be controlled by the PC itself (preferably with no interface of its own), but with amplification and speakers being kind of remote in location, what are the possibilities? 1 A good Firewire hardware device seems feasible. But how much distance can a firewire connection run? 2 WLAN audio. Ex Apple Airport. Are they any good? 24/96? John Atkinson published measurements of the Airport Express a few months back: http://www.stereophile.com/accessory...ple/index.html It can only handle 16/44.1, but its performance was quite impressive overall, assuming one uses its digital ouput with an external DAC. He measured the AE's jitter at 2400 picoseconds, about ten times the level he got when using an outboard DAC. (I'm not sure what these jitter specs mean, and what level would cause an audible degradation in the sound. If anyone can offer any wisdom on this, it would be appreciated.) He also mentioned a problem with some DACs losing the digital feed between songs, and cutting off the first few seconds of each new song, but I believe Apple fixed that problem with a firmware upgrade. bob |
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