Melco Audiophile NAS

[simoncn]

(11-01-2015 12:51)DavidHB Wrote:  Of course, getting back on topic, we still don't know why the combination of buffering and the clock on the Linn devices should not be sufficient to deal with all timing issues, assuming of course (when the stream is bit perfect) that the removal of electrical noise from the network signal somehow affects timing, and therefore sound quality.

David

My guess is that the sonic difference (with a Linn DS) is not related to timing issues with packet reception but to some kind of noise from the electrical signals passing through the Ethernet cable. This noise might have some effect on timing within the innards of the DS, but I don't know enough about these innards to have any insight into that.