Mikas
pfm Member
I agree - its a complicated and uncommon interface... nothing wrong with USB for Audio.... Every PC has a USB port...
I find it odd that the Hifi industry in general doesn't appreciate the added value of having a 'smart' ip based DAC.
There are discussions around Transport problems. Unreliable streaming, cable length, timing, electric interference, etc.
If you build an IP DAC, you will be able to completely control the quality of the bit streaming.
Personally, and to be completely honest about it, I think it's very easy to find reliable enough transports at very low costs. But then again, we can have full Ethernet support devices costing less than 50, so I really have some trouble to understand why this isn't a more common option.
From the user end side, it's hard to understand why should we have to assure reliable bit transmission over the length of a song, when we could just copy it in a couple of seconds and let the DAC then take care of the streaming/transport.
Michael