opaqueice wrote: > Robin Bowes Wrote: >> Please read up on what jitter is and how it can and does have a >> spectrum >> related to the music. >> > > I have read quite a lot, and I think I have a decent understanding of > jitter. Nothing I have read has indicated that the jitter spectrum > should be harmonically related to the original analogue signal. On the > contrary, many people mention specifically that it is not, and cite that > as the reason jitter sounds so bad. Here's an excellent example: > >> These sidebands around the signal being decoded aren't harmonically >> related to the signal, making them particularly unpleasant. > > from http://www.stereophile.com/reference/1093jitter/ . I recommend > you take a look at figure 4 of that reference, and then explain to me > how the spectrum of that noise has anything whatsoever to do with the > harmonic content of the music.
Please read what I actually wrote. >> The file won't get corrupted in transfer - or at least, if it does, >> you'll know about it. That's what the error correction is for. >> >> > > Files of course _do_ get corrupted in transfer occasionally. However, > if you refuse to discuss this analogy there are many others - for > example the distortion you hear over a digital cell phone, or the image > distortion you sometimes see on TV from a bad digital satellite feed, or > take your pick. <sigh> Again, please read what I actually wrote. The effect of jitter is much more subtle than any of the other examples you give. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
