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The following is a comparison of [[audio over Ethernet]] and [[audio over IP]] audio [[network protocol]]s and systems.

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|[[AES67]]

|September 2013-09<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.aes.org/publications/standards/search.cfm?docID=96 |title=AES67-2013: AES standard for audio applications of networks - High-performance streaming audio-over-IP interoperability |publisher=[[Audio Engineering Society]] |date=2013-09-11 |accessdate=2018-04-15}}</ref>

|Any IP medium

|Isochronous

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|[[Audio Video Bridging|AVB]] (using IEEE&nbsp;1722 transport)

|September 2011-09

|Enhanced Ethernet

|Isochronous

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|Cat5=100&nbsp;m, MM=2&nbsp;km, SM=70&nbsp;km

|Dependent on latency class and network speed{{cn|date=August 2020}}

|Dependent on latency class and network speed{{cn|date=August 2020}}

|Unlimited

|2&nbsp;ms or less

|192&nbsp;kHz

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|84–125&nbsp;μs + 0.5&nbsp;μs/node

|96&nbsp;kHz

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|[[Gibson MaGIC]]

|1999-09-18<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Audio/MaGIC/SPECIFICATIONS/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514202554/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Audio/MaGIC/SPECIFICATIONS/ |archivedate=2010-05-14 |url-status=dead |title=Media-accelerated Global Information Carrier |df=ymd}}</ref>

|Ethernet data-link layer

|Isochronous

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|Proprietary, [[MIDI]]

|[[Star network|Star]], [[Daisy chain (network topology)|Daisy chain]]

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|Cat5=100&nbsp;m

|32 channels

|

|290&nbsp;μs or less<!--up to 290 μs for PHY and 250 μs or less for processing--><ref>{{citation

|url = http://archive.gibson.com/files/_audio/magic/magic3_0c.pdf

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224230/http://archive.gibson.com/files/_audio/magic/magic3_0c.pdf

|archivedate = 2016-03-04

|url-status = dead

|title = Media-accelerated Global Information Carrier Engineering Specification Revision 3.0c

}}</ref>

|192&nbsp;kHz

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|HyperMAC

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|0.75&nbsp;ms

|48&nbsp;kHz

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|Milan

|2018

|Ethernet

|Isochronous

|Coexist with other protocols in converged networks

|IEEE 1722.1

|[[Star network|Star]], [[Daisy chain (network topology)|Daisy chain]]

|Redundant links

|Cat5=100&nbsp;m, MM=2&nbsp;km, SM=70&nbsp;km

|Dependent on latency class and network speed{{cn|date=August 2020}}

|Unlimited

|2&nbsp;ms or less

|192&nbsp;kHz

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|[[mLAN]]

|January 2000-01<ref>{{citation |url=http://aes.harmony-central.com/Newp/2000/mLAN.html |publisher=Harmony Central |title=Yamaha Utilizes "Firewire" for Audio and MIDI: Reduces Need For Cables |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060108163616/http://aes.harmony-central.com/Newp/2000/mLAN.html |archive-date=2006-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|[[IEEE 1394]]

|Isochronous

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==References==

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<ref name=AES>{{cite paperweb |title=Best Practices in Network Audio |publisher=[[Audio Engineering Society]] |year=2009 |url=http://www.aes.org/technical/documents/AESTD1003V1.pdf |format=[[PDF]] |accessdate=2014-11-13}}</ref>

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