Network Dropouts

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(21-07-2014 20:07)magister Wrote:  

(21-07-2014 19:42)Mike48 Wrote:  To me, that points to under-engineering of the stream receivers and/or DACs involved.

It seems like it should be a simple thing. But consider this example. PS Audio is coming out with an updated version of their Bridge. In a discussion on the PSA forum, a couple of people said (to paraphrase), "What's the big deal? It's only a network streamer. Why can't you make it do double rate DSD?" Paul McGowan, the CEO of PSA who is very honest in his discussions on the forum, said that nothing in streaming is easy and that making the new Bridge play gapless reliably even at single-rate DSD has been a difficult engineering challenge. Maybe it's not so simple -- yet it works perfectly for some people, as Simon said. Ah, life on the cutting edge of audio.

Yes agree that Paul McGowan is honest as they clearly under engineered the Bridge Version 1. It was the worst Ethernet Bridge that I have tested. One would have to wait 10-15 secs for 24/96 to play (on wired network). There was also a rather nasty white noise in track transition with WAV files.

The dealer that I know bagged up the Bridge and sold units to his clients with i2s and USB Interface only. We look forward to testing the V2 as they have hopefully learned by the V1 experience.

The DirectStream DAC sound is extraordinary by the way. I also liked the Nuwave for look and sound.