325xi wrote:
> First I would like to mention that I use SB only as Ethernet to SPDIF
> interface, and it seems to do very well as such.
> 
> The only concern for this kind of device I can think about is jitter.
> The data on jitter on coax output is fairly controversial: some say
> it's around 100ps (I don't remember whether it's RMS or pk-pk), but
> measurements on this forum give another number - about 470ps pk-pk,
> which is not low at all. I also recall some post elsewhere where John
> Atkinson wrote he wasn't impressed with jitter measurements either.
> 
> My question is whether Slim Devices recognize that current jitter
> measurements as something that requires improvement? 
> Are there any plans to work on getting closer (in terms of jitter) to
> good CD players, which now register 180-220ps pk-pk on coax outputs?
> 
> I'd like to emphasize that I'm not talking about so called "audiophile"
> version of SB with nice thick front panel and nice-to-have but pretty
> much useless in this application AES/EBU digital out, etc. - but rather
> about getting it's major functionality to the appropriate level.

This is a classic loaded question: http://www.fallacyfiles.org/loadques.html

Search these forums some more - you'll see that Sean has performed
extensive jitter measurements and that the jitter figures are nowhere
near as high as you're claiming.

R.

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