Miles
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Miles replied to The Computer Audiophile's topic in Music Downloads & Streaming
First off I love the Linn integration, although it would be nice to browse saved albums via Kazoo. But I suspect that's something for Linn to fix rather than you. I've only been using the service briefly but on artist which I found missing is 'Laith Al-Saadi', which I discovered via this site's Linn Exakt review. -
This is a good introductory article on USB Audio, with a particular focus on getting the right bits at the right time: Fundamentals of USB Audio | EDN Isochronous USB uses checksums so you know if the bits are the right ones, but as it's real time, you can't resend the data if it's wrong. The error rate is really low though, as that slide shows. The error manifests itself as a 'tick' or a 'pop', which Charles Hansen mentions in the original article. I've experienced this with an Audioquest Dragonfly when running on an overloaded USB bus (it wasn't getting enough power). I think the main takeaway from the article is sending a digital encoding on a wire is not trivial, but good engineers have overcome the problems and can do it reliably.