[BNM] [OT] Apple Airport Express with external DAC

[Andy Gale]

> Well, surely not if you use a lossless audio format since the airport
> doesn't process the signal at all - it's just a transmission device
> for the digital signal so there's no loss in quality.  Unless you have
> experience otherwise?

Jitter! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitter

I'm not really into lossless audio and all that audiophile stuff. MP3s are
fine for me. I know enough to know that the Airport Express suffers from a
lot of - understandable considering the price - jitter.  If sound quality is
something you are worried about - it must be if you are connecting things to
an external DAC - you'll find there's a lot of jitter.

http://stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/505apple/


Andy Gale
EPC Direct Limited