jon wrote: > ... You just have to keep the clocks tightly synchronized and all > of the zones will stay synchronized by starting the play of each song > at a synchronized instant. The clock drift that occurs while a song is > playing never exceeds a audio sample period. is that due to design, or is that just how it works out, because the hardware is uniform? (i.e., would a really really long song be more vulnerable to long-term drift?) > Digispeaker has far better THD number than traditional multiroom > systems since the 500ft cable runs are eliminated. The speakers are > digitally bi-amped and the DSP compensates for their flaws. It an open > source project, we should have the first round of hardware ready in a > couple of months. it's a slick project. we use the mpc5200 in one of our designs at work -- it's a good processor. i've certainly thought that there must be a better way to do music distribution than dedicating an entire linux workstation to the task. :-) i didn't get a sense from the website -- how many people are working on it? paul =--------------------- paul fox, pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 18.5 degrees)
