Keep warring fans apart!

摘要

In theory, theory and practice agree. In practice, they don't. It's a maxim engineers are all too familiar with. In much the same way, it's all too easy to think you know something in principle, but still be surprised by its effects in practice. Two examples of this thinking struck me recently as a result of adding a new Network Attached Storage (NAS) device to our home network. I mostly play audio files using a computer plumbed into my main hi-fi system. This only runs audio-related software which passes output via USB to a DAC. I prefer this approach as I find it offers greater flexibility than using an all-in-one streaming device.