Why some streamers sound better

I still have a vintage enlightened audio designs dsp-9000 pro series 3 that uses at&t fibre. I think bel canto that lets you go from usb to at&t into a dac. Not many interfaces like that out there .

Hi Paul. Thanks for the video. What do you think about HDMI cable instead of Toslink?

I do remember those old times audiophiles asked why some CD players sound better if it’s digital. In the 90’s I’ve read somewhere in Stereophile magazine digital is all the same ‘till you trying to convert it to analogue. The question ‘why it’s so’ is kinda complicated for audiophiles without deep fundamental knowledges in that area. Just take it as it is))

Thanks Sir for the info

Is the PS Audio Air Lens product for sale yet? I did not see it on the PS audio web site.

AES 67 Ravena is an existing standard that will move 32 ch. of 11.2 mhz DSD today via Cat 6 Gigabit ethernet, either copper or fiber. It would be cool to see that as a standard for moving Audio around home equipment instead of just pro equipment.

I use TIDAL because it compensates the artist at a much higher rate than any other steamer.

I have the HiFI Rose RS150 and the Airlens. The Airlens sound quality bests it by quite a bit.

So where is the AirLens streamer these days? Could find no such product on your site, not even much mention, except when speaking of a discontinued Octave Records streamer .....

Galvanic isolation is one. The other one is reclocking the data so the dac has to make less effort to do witch reduces the noise off the dac

PS audio using Innuos on their music room 2. It’s on all their videos.

I like Tidal, it's CD quality. I wonder if the DAC on my phone is any good? Maybe ill buy an external one and find out 😁

Can’t you add tubes to your DACs like your pre-amp?

My house is connected by a fiber optic line. The optical interface is connected with Cat 6e cable to a modem/router. Then Cat 6e to streamer/TV. Streamer outputs to my preamp by Toslink, as does the TV. We hear nothing we're not supposed to.

Finally someone not trying to convince me that a TCP package is different depending on how you transmit it. There are so many snake oil sellers out there that try to explain how jitter on an ethernet network can end up in your DAC, which is just stupid. Thanks a lot for not making your streamer any miracle box!

i have connected my daily pc to my AV system this way i can enjoy good sound in different scenarios all day long. From all connections available in my set up /HDMI,RCA and optical/ i choose optical SPDIF from PC to receiver for best quality

If galvanic is so important, why can't we connect an iPhone to a DAC via FiberOptic ? There are simple device that connect and convert from iPhone lighting to TosLink or Coax. No noisy 110V power involvement at all. Jusy my battery operated cell phone , right ?

When streaming lossless music (FLAC or other), the original music data can easily arrive bit-perfect at the DAC with no errors or conversions when the app is made with sufficient care. Neither jitter hurting the sample timing or digital noise leaking into the analog output are problems that should ever be a concern with just the basic of proper engineering done. I’m confident PS audio can support most excellent audio streaming exceeding CD or even SACD quality. Streaming is here to stay and also here to deliver the best in audiophile performance.

Isn't this the same episode from last night?

Why don't you just continue to use AT&T glass? It's still a thing, and is still used today for audio by companies like Playback Designs, and Ed Meitner at EMM Labs.