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"Eeyore" wrote in
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Arny Krueger wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote
TT wrote:

Have a look at
http://www.creative.com/products/pro...roduct=1 3552

I am running these at home on a laptop hooked up to a
CEC DX71 DAC as music server. This is a professional
audio recording unit and should suit your requirements.

Also because it has an RJ45 connector from PCMCIA card
to the break out box I have used normal CAT5 to extend
the 1m lead length to 8m so it can be run remotely.

Interesting.

Why didn't they make it firewire though ?


Reasonble question, but I suspect that the answer goes
something like this:

Firewire cable costs more and is less common than CAT-5.
It probably is way overkill in terms of protocol
complexity for the application.

It is overkill for audio.


Can you run this box from an ordinary network connection ?


You mean, a 100BTX LAN?

Dunno, but for applications like this, the answer is usually no.

Typically, they are just using the CAT-5 cable, not any of the standard
protocols.