Wireless networking any sound deterioration

[Captain]

I am looking to get a squeeze box and have a couple of questions. I am not sure whether to get a wire of wireless one. If I go wireless form my computer will their be a deterioration in sound compared to a wired one.

Also I have my computer in one room and HiFi in another, again will this effect sound.

Another think I need clarifiing is a squeeze box wireless going to give me the same sound quality as a sound card when used with optical out to my DAC-1.

 

[dsavitsk]

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Originally Posted by Captain I am looking to get a squeeze box and have a couple of questions. I am not sure whether to get a wire of wireless one. If I go wireless form my computer will their be a deterioration in sound compared to a wired one.

Doubtful. There is some possibility that the antenna could interfere, but this is probably no more likely that the ethernet signal interfering. I wouldn't worry about it.

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Originally Posted by Captain Also I have my computer in one room and HiFi in another, again will this effect sound.

If it does, it will be for the better as it could get the noisy computer off the same circuit. Depends how your house is wired though.

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Originally Posted by Captain Another think I need clarifiing is a squeeze box wireless going to give me the same sound quality as a sound card when used with optical out to my DAC-1.

Probably better.

 

[Captain]

Thanks

 

[AdamWill]

No quality loss whatsoever. Wireless transmission works more or less like an encoded audio signal like DTS or Dolby Digital or whatever: either you get the exact, correct data, or you get nothing. It's buffered and checksummed and whatever elsed up the wazoo. (All the headers and correction and checking is why the actual data transmission rate on a "54mbit/second" wireless connection never goes over 10mbit or so, even in the most ideal conditions).