325xi;184393 Wrote: > This eventually became rather pointless... Try to analyse why can two > digital sources sound differently, assuming both are in working > condition, so data stream is bit-accurate? > > One simple word - jitter. Applied to various parts of spectrum in > different amounts your chains may sound somewhat different. > > If the effect is well pronounced, your DAC doesn't have a good jitter > rejection mechanism, although the latter can never eliminate jitter in > full. If so, I would be looking for another DAC - or stick with very > low jitter sources. > > Now, SB is confirmed to have reasonably low jitter, and transporter - > even lower. If your Pioneer sounds vastly different, it can mean that > it has either significantly higher jitter, and then it can be > considered flawed; or it's low, but applied to the part of spectrum > where it more audible (the same could be valid for SB as well). > > Important thing to consider - sometimes, quite rarely, jitter can cause > delusion of better sound. I don't know if this is the case.
My Pioneer and every transport/CDP I've ever owned or tried sounds better than the SB. Higher jitter can never give the delusion of better sound, unless you like glaring highs, reduced soundstage/separation of images and reduced dynamics. Like I said, something must be wrong with your "chain," if you can't hear this. PS- you still didn.t answer my question: if you're so fond of the SB, why isn't it listed in your "chain?" -- jhm731 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jhm731's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32993 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
