cliveb;146376 Wrote: > > As it happens, because the output of the buffer is controlled by the > DAC's clock, jitter from the transport is eliminated. Basically, jitter > 'twixt transport and DAC is a non-issue in a single box CD player. It > only rears its ugly head when you send the digital samples on to an > external DAC.
So your point is, even if memory had been affordable 20 years ago there would have been no reason for CD players to incorporate it - they are already immune to jitter, or at least to jitter caused by variations in the optical read rate of the CD. The only room for improvement might be in the DAC chip and the analogue stage. So all this talk about solid state players (like the SB) being superior because of a lack of moving parts is just so much marketing hype. That's an interesting answer to the OP. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28621 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
