IMHO the idea that jitter can be eliminated purely by buffering is not correct. It can be ameliorated to some extent but a wordclock link between transport and DAC is the best method (as was used in the studios that mixed and mastered the CD's in the first place). An alternative method that works (but is not as good as wordclock) is to inject a new clock right onto the DAC input and decorrelate the jitter at the same time - see Altmann Technologies.
One interesting example is the Chord DAC64. It is a well-respected DAC with a switchable buffer size. Most people prefer the smallest buffer...this is counter-intuitive. Why would the size of the buffer make a difference - and why would a bigger one sound worse? -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32999 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
