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Reed Marshall, you need necessarily DAC with ASIO capability. Without ASIO Windows make "on fly" sampling rate conversion to value in audio settings.

Possible you will buy music at online store...

I like your case. I suggest (in next work) replace screws from top to left and right sides. Now possible use furniture stabs for cover over screws.

The paper: "There is no audio sample clock transmitted in HDMI – the TDMS clock is video related"

Jitter occurs because of sync video (no audio).


The paper: "Buffering of the audio data...

USB is most universal interface.
USB 2.0 is used in professional audio interfaces for music production. Performance of USB 2.0 enough for realtime (with hidden for ears delay about 2...5 ms)...

For "right" listening need calculate optimal speaker position for listener point (criterion is maximal flat frequency response);

Otherwise, we can calculate optimal listener position for fixed...

Try other player (foobar2000, winamp, aimp as example).
Try driver buffering to max and after to min.
Switch other widgets at ASIO4All user interface. Often experience way only.

Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 64MB 3TB

I use this disk: very quiet device.
Not all HDD-docking stations support it (can't formatting).

Hi Howard,

You use different hardware (sound card) and software (player and drivers).
Windows native drivers have constant sampling rate and bit-depth (see Windows Audio Settings). Players and/or...

Nu-jazz, electroswing, electropop, jazz, rockabilly.

Hi Joel,

Inaccuracy of technology produsing and tuning of AtoD an DtoA converters is reason of audio level errors. Main reason is dispersion of electronic component's characteristics.
...

Momental levels of signal (as example):

- To input ADC: 0.1V - 0.2V - 0.4V

- From output DAC: 0.11V - 0.19V - 0.42V

DAC make oversampling for better filration of output signal...

I find interest video by Harman about researching of audio preferences of "next" generation.
Some New Evidence that High School and College Students May Prefer Accurate Sound Reproduction.mov -...

Recording and processing at high sampling rates allow maximally save sound quality (losses).

When recording lose information (acoustic instruments) always.

Acoustic concert has losses too...

I like listen classical, old school techno, light instrumental music, acoustic music. I haven't preferable genre. As musician I like unpredictable melodic line (when can't foresee next note).

1) Sound Quality must best.

2) User interface must have Convenience and Usability.

Why must trade-off? It's different aspects of audio development.

As example:

1) We use media server with...

Eloise, 192 kHz x 2 ch lossless?

SPDIF actually support 24 bit/96 kHz/5.1 ch, but DTS only (not lossless).

Yuri

Maximal transfer rate.
AES/EBU or SPDIF (96 kHz x 2 channels x 24 bit lossless).
USB multichannel HD audio capacity (192 kHz x 7 ch x 24 bit lossless).

foobar2000: possible need setup additional free plugin.

You intend to use next scheme:
Computer -> USBtoEthernet->Wi-Fi->EthernetToUSB->DAC ?

Capacity of Wi-Fi is enough for 16/44 an even more.
May be sound pauses (delays network packets) - low...

Is now so large HDD, you can just keep all as lossless. Without the time spent in comparison of the sound quality.

CDs:

Bass testing:
VA - album "Deep Bass. Low Frequency Sound Adventures"

Hi-frequencies and basses testing:
Cezaria Evora - album "Nha sentimento"
Goran Bregovitch - album "New Collection"...

Yes, Paul. For HD Audio is more than enough.

If interestingly it is possible make the real estimate of throughput (Mbytes per second) by copying large file (1-2 Gbyte, for exception buffer) from...

Estimate of wi-fi performance (guess):
Max for WiFi = 54 Mbit/s
Stable throughput (guess) = 54 Mbit/s / 2 = 27 Mbit/s

PCM 192 kHz/24 bit/stereo= 192000 * 24 * 2 / 1e6 = 9.216 Mbit/s
...

1) Suite case (for other gears)
2) CPU i3 (for HD audio), i5 (for HD audio and video)
3) RAM 2 Gb and more
4) HDD volume then more then better, 7200 rpm
5) USB/PCI pro audiocard
analog...

Modern CDs have great quality. I think, by reason of full cycle of recording and processing in 24 bit/96-192 kHz before final downsampling.