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And, the pertinent question is:

 

Does any of this actually matter in the final output of the DAC?

 

I look forward to John completing his test gear to actually measure and see.

 

It is true that networked audio will never be perfect but it is all we will get going forward. The days of any media being delivered by optical disc or any other physical media are drawing to a close. We will need to embrace all these repair and reconstruct strategies to the extent they actually work and are affordable.

 

Right now, the biggest problem we all have is the lack of quality modems, ONTs, gateways and routers. Most people likely use the junk provided by an ISP. Also, unless you are on a fiber system, your data is coming in on a copper wire shared system originally designed for analog TV.  Keep in mind also that the entire internet was never designed for audio or video. It was originally a system for the military to transmit nuclear launch codes and was later adapted for emails, reports and spreadsheets. The only real concern was whether a one or a zero would be consistently discernible as such at the final  receive point (re missile launch above).

 

Thanks to John and others for all their efforts.