Mike Hanson Wrote: > I should clarify my testing, which may explain why there's a difference > in my case. I'm using a fairly good RCA-to-BNC coax cable, but the > Toslink optical cable is a $5 special. Considering proper terminations > are supposedly a common problem with optical cables, the difference > could very likely be due to that. If I had more time and a greater > interest, I might try a different cable. However, all of my systems > are using coax, so I don't have any "good" Toslink cables to use in the > comparison. > > For now, we'll assume that my test was flawed. I'm still somewhat > curious, though, as this summation would suggest that I'm losing data > with Toslink (enough to cause a notable change in the sound), but it > doesn't really sound "bad"; it's just not as good as the coax option. > If it's really data loss, then I would expect to hear something more > akin to distortion, but there's nothing obviously "harsh". It just > sounds thinner, with a slightly different tonal balance (especially in > the midrange). > > -=> Mike Hanson <=- > www.boxsoft.net
I thought the DAC-1 is supposed to remove jitter through a combination of buffering and re-clocking. If that is the case, shouldn't the digital signal be perfectly reconstructed in either case (toslink or coax)? This doesn't jive well with what I've been thinking, if you truly do hear a difference. Theoretically, it shouldn't be possible. -- ezkcdude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19850 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
