Rossini Best connection USB or Ethernet

Until the datastream is spooled out of the last buffer into the DAC itself it’s just data. No different than any other data that moves over a network. All of the same network protocols are used and there’s nothing special about an audio stream compared to any other network traffic.

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So, it is a data stream over TCP/IP into the buffer of your dCS networked device.

TCP/IP stack is designed to be generic as possible, so applications can interact with various data link protocols such as 802.3 (Ethernet), 802.11 (Wi-Fi), PPP (point-to-point protocol) and so on without needing to know what sort of link they are using.

TCP/IP actually comprises several layers of protocols, e.g.

5. Application DNS, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, SSH, Telnet, SSL, ...
4. Transport   TCP, UDP, ...
3. Network     IP (IPv4, IPv6), ICMP, ARP, ...
2. Data Link   802.3 (Ethernet), 802.11 (Wi-Fi), PPP, ...
1. Physical    Ethernet (NIC), Wireless (NIC), Cat 5/RJ-45, ... 

So, Wi-Fi or cabled ethernet both work in the same domain. As long as your Wi-Fi is up and running, there is no difference in the final audio.

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