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[OM] Re: Totally OT - Wireless HI-FI connect

Subject: [OM] Re: Totally OT - Wireless HI-FI connect
From: Gordon Ross <gordross@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:00:50 -0600
Hi:

Just THINK for a bit, you could carry one into the bathroom with you, or
strap it on while you do the lawn!

Gord (1982 Boston Acoustic A200's wired up with heavy gauge lamp cord)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:44 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Totally OT - Wireless HI-FI connect


>
> >
> > Is audiophile-baiting still legal? :-)
> > jez
>
> Not sure but I would certainly get trapped, skinned and eaten...
>
> Why oh why would you want to replace a simple set of interconnects with
> complex analogug to digital converter, send it through wifi with the
> possibility of interference and channel contention with other devices
> using or poluting the channels and then convert it back into analog.
> wifi uses ethernet (802.11) protocols and *does* *not* *guarantee* the
> integrity of the frames it sends. Infact it has little ability to even
> detect errors inside the payload part of the packet only the header has
> some error detection and limited correction. So you would require a layer
> of software above this like TCP/IP to provide reliable streamed packet
> delivery. But then TCP/IP does not have any guarantees about how long it
> would take to deliver a packet. So the data stream will not be smooth....
> Ethernet also have no real time guarentees because of its channel
> contention algorithm
>
> *vommit*
>
> regards
> James (baited) King



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