Re: Bypassing sound card -- worth it for streaming radio?
- From: nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Don Pearce)
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:19:00 GMT
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:14:13 -0700, Charles Packer
<mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I saw an article in the NY Times about
computer-to-stereo interfaces that bypass
the computer's audio card by taking the
digital signal from the USB port through
their own DAC. Prices start at a couple
of hundred dollars. Assuming I can route
a streaming radio station that uses
128Kbps through the USB port somehow,
would the audio quality of a typical
streaming radio site be improved by one
of these interfaces?
Absolutely not. The quality (or lack thereof) was set by the radio
station when they compressed to 128kbits/sec. In fact I can't think of
any digital audio source that wouldn't be reproduced at max quality by
any halfway decent sound card. I wouldn't bother with the digital
interface.
d
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