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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by darkwater on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @03:39AM (#35148409)
But that would trigger error correction, not degrade the sheer quality like it would happen with analogical signals. Ok, if there are enough errors it would make the playback problematic, but it would be the same for any kind of data transmitted.
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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by FartyMcFarter on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @05:51AM (#35149230)
I think they're saying that the noise from the Ethernet circuit will leak into the analog speaker connection.
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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by trelliscoded on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @10:09AM (#35151779)
Yes.
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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by darkwater on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @07:24AM (#35166549)
Ok, then I misunderstood the big speakers magnetic field issue, sorry. I thought it was the big speaker interfering with the switch, and not the other way round.
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