highdudgeon Wrote: > > Besides, there is this, which, again, is hardly worth discussing: a DAC > that fully buffers and re-clocks the incoming signal pretty much renders > the transport, cable, etc., a neutral factor. >
On the contrary, i think this SHOULD be explored. I am surprised how everyone says ooooh the DAC-1 (for example) has ASRC therefore taking source jitter out of the equation, without asking what audible effects the reclocking/resampling (a relatively complex DSP function) has on the sound. I'm not trying to bash the DAC-1 - as a matter of fact i have tested it and found it well designed and exhibiting a very low noise floor and low distortion throughout the analog section. But I'm not comfortable ignoring other potentially audible effects of ASRC to get the improved specs that it yields for such narrow tests as THD+N, jitter immunity etc. This question should probably be redirected to Benchmark, or they may have already answered it somewhere - i just hope this is taken as just a bit of healthy skepticism to consider. -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22301 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
