System Architecture

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Music servers and other computer based digital audio technologies.

A Google search didn't help me, so I thought I'd ask here. I'm not an electrical engineer or an expert on the technical specifications of audio equipment, so be gentle.
My impression is that a CD or DVD player sends a stream of bits to the DAC, which then sends electric voltage to the pre-amp. My impression is that this all happens in real time, i.e., without any meaningful buffering other than, what a two or three second anti-skip buffer on mobile players?
How does a hard drive compare to this? Does it send bits straight to the DAC? Is there a buffer? I'm going to have more questions, but I thought I'd try to ask in detail about each step of the way and see how it goes. Thanks.

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Topic - System Architecture - Pluck 19:37:36 02/19/07 (1)

Re: System Architecture - Dawnrazor 19:44:51 02/21/07 (0)

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