Originally Posted by GMT
Originally Posted by Ronnie
The SOLE purpose of the ID41 is make sure the received Data is IDENTICAL to what was sent... and to act as a �buffer tank� to allow that all necessary data to be re-transmitted from the Core and then re-assembled [in the correct timing order] so that it matches IDENTICALLY with what the Core sent.

The ID41, despite its �1,000 cost, performs no other function within an 861... it doesn�t Upsample or Apodize... add any dither... or perform any other processing, other than ensuring that Identical data is passed from the Core to the 861.

If, even after multiple re-tranmissions, a time-out is exceeded, then the ID41 will simply ignore those �packets� and send the remaining data onto the 861.

This means that if a Data packet was not identical, then there would simply be a �blank� in the sound replay... which would be easily audible as a �dropout�.

And it is because we don�t hear these �dropouts� that we know that the data received at the ID41 and passed to the 861 is identical to the data transmitted from the Core
I didn't realise that! Would a regular network card be able to carry out that function (potentially i.e. with the correct drivers)? Is there anything from technical perspective that warrants the extra expense?
Also would the whole system benefit from this type of implementation i.e. from processor to speaker?

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