good afternoon from corona-virus (almost) free Greece.. as an IT expert and also an audiophile, I always waver between numbers and digits in my one side and feelings and speech in my other side.. the truth is that there is a big difference between analogue and digital, with the top 'actuality' been that digital can undoubtedly and uncompromisingly been transferred 'as is' , unchangeable, lossless, identical, till the end of our Ethernet cable, that is commonly our streamer..
and this is because data is transmitted by the TCP-Ethernet protocol digitally via data-packages.. If such a data-package is corrupt, missing or received in the wrong order, it is resent or just arranged in the right order.. every single packet is received by the buffer in the streaming device bit-perfect, identical with 'mother' where it comes from.. only the final step transfer to the dac is denatured into music, thus can have jitter.. so, always wondering how can a perfect copy can possible been improved!!
does a photo,an xls or a word file from a friend in a different continent arrived to any one of us corrupted or modified?? or some money transfer to buy a record has ever been transferred wrongly to the seller, or at last, does ever happened someone to get his salary with less or more money?? NO.. that is because digital transfers are verified, and that happens globally, especially if we talk about our home..
best regards, happy to discuss it further!!
