danny
March 31, 2021, 12:28am
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yes, yes it is:
@Adam_Woodbridge @AE67 @garym and others:
Before I start, I need to say that while I understand what the opposing argument is, I am not endorsing the impact of these comments on sound quality.
The claim here is not that the digital bits on the cable (via the Ethernet frames -> IP frames -> TCP packets) are being altered. The claim, especially in regards to ground loops, is that the ethernet cable is connecting the ground of power going into the switch and the ground of the power going into the…
If there are other non-signal things (the opposite of signal being “noise”) transferring along the analog line that the digital signal sits on, then it doesn’t matter how noisey that analog is, the digital is will either be good or corrupt, but it will not change fidelity.
I pretty much describe you two (@Speed_Racer and @killdozer ) here:
That is not at all what I am implying… When a digital audio stream is altered it can happen a few ways:
bits are changed and/or lost and caught by error correction techniques causing a retransmit
bits are changed and/or lost and not caught by error correction techniques so they are allowed to be played
In the case of #1, if the errors are caught, a retransmit can be requested and if the retransmitted data arrives fast enough that the buffer is not emptied, then the resultant stream is still …
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