1Digital Audio and Computer Networks

The subject of digital audio transfer, by necessity, draws heavily from two technological industries. The first is the audio industry and the second is the computer networking industry. The marrying of these two industries has been part of the greater trend towards a larger multimedia industry, fuelled by the accessibility of computer technology as well as audio and visual quality to the consumer.

The first chapter in this book is intended for those readers without a background in one or other of these subjects and introduces some of the terminology and fundamental concepts required to understand the arguments for and against the candidate solutions that are presented. The two subjects are regularly placed ...

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