Hi Folks,
Based on more research apparently I am not completely wrong regarding streaming. There are a number of versions of such. The mistake I made is I must use the two words ‘wireless streaming’ (wi-fi) together when referring to issues of noise and dropouts etc. when streaming high resolution files.
Streaming using wired connections – Ethernet – is not an issue and can easily handle up to 192/24 files - this is what Linn is doing in their systems and I assume others as well.
Wireless streaming (wi-fi) can be problematic because walls and barriers within the house can prevent stable transmissions and other home network traffic is also an issue. The two-band wireless routers would help in this case I think but in my set-up the 5GHz band is much weaker than the 2.3GHz and has a difficult time reaching the end of the house. I guess repeaters would help in this case. Also some devices like early versions of the iTouch do not seem to work on 5GHz wireless networks.
Anyway we did not include wireless streaming in our BDP-1 Digital Player due to noise issues in the box and we wanted a hard wired connection for the BDP-1 to make sure we get reliable and dependable signal transfer from the music source - much more critical with higher resolution files than standard 44.1 files.
Just a comment – I do not want it to appear as if the only right way to listen to high-resolution files is the direction Bryston has taken. There are obviously other ways to get high quality high-resolution digital playback in your home. My hope with the BDP-1 was it would provide our customers with a straight forward ‘plug and play’ option without all the computer and network savvy required to assemble a properly working digital playback system. Getting the computers, soundcards, network configurations etc. all configured to make sure your getting bit-perfect playback is not an easy task. Also, I think the more companies promoting and presenting customers with more and more options to allow them to playback reference quality recordings in their homes the better. Hopefully it can assist in making more and more people aware of the great pleasures listening to high quality music can bring to their lives.
james