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In Reply to: I think there is a reason why but I could be wrong posted by Goober58 on December 29, 2024 at 10:30:11:
From my PC at best is capable of 192/24 with the Realtec sound card and a little less using the AudioEngine speakers. However this is based on the spec of soundcard or the AudioEngine speakers. I can find no spec indicating the PC is capable of high resolution audio data transfers.That is because the PC is processing data, not audio, and is concerned only with moving bits. You do not state what music software is running is running on your PC but that might be a constraint. Attached hardware, such as a soundcard or digital speakers, are also possible constraining factors.
That said in each of the above setups, ..... I get intermittent playback stoppages lasting for a couple of seconds to several seconds and I have assumed these were the OS of the devices (Windows and Moode) addressing other system services.
That is entirely possible if your PC is busy with other tasks and/or is really puny. If it is a modern PC with adequate resources, it should be capable of handling hi-rez audio.
And that's happening just reading and filling buffers with lossless FLAC files from a hard drive to be processed by an external device (DAC). So unless my assumption that the OS is being distracted is incorrect, higher resolution data rates would lead to more intermittent playback pauses.
It is a matter of data rates and possible limitations in connections (ethernet, WiFi, BlueTooth, S/PDIF, etc.).
Of course my PC is my workstation and I'm not optimizing it for audio playback.
That implies a potent PC but, also, that it might be performing other demanding operations that are taking priority over the (audio) data processing.
Bottom line: There are no audio resolution limits in a PC because it is processing only data. Higher res and higher channel count increase the data stream but, in the absence of competing tasks, should not stress a modern PC. Are you doing any up- or down-sampling or on-the-fly DSD/PCM conversions?
FWIW, I have 2 PCs I use for music and they can easily handle DSD256 in 6 channels without buffering or interruptions.
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- RE: I think there is a reason why but I could be wrong - Kal Rubinson 12:26:54 12/29/24 (2)
- RE: I think there is a reason why but I could be wrong - Goober58 14:45:36 12/29/24 (1)
- RE: I think there is a reason why but I could be wrong - Kal Rubinson 16:13:48 12/29/24 (0)
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