pablolie;185824 Wrote: > Well, you are right, and it goes beyond the depth I intended. I know > Accuphase now uses a new interface between their top performing CD > transport and DA combo, which several mags now declare their absolute > reference. > > I read the Altmann stuff, it makes for interesting lecture. > > But like with everything else, it's a matter for how much is enough for > the application at the end of the day. I would not be the least surprise > if the great and so natural sounding turntable that several audiophles > continue to declare their utter reference is far more afflicted by > vairation in rpm speed, than the few nanoseconds or microseconds of > jitter S/PDIF gets lambasted for introducing. > > The jitter discussion seems to be -like many things in high end audio- > exaggerated beyond its application-specific significance courtesy of > people who ultimately have an esoteric solution to sell. Nothing new in > high end audio!
Well I sort of agree but in my experience jitter is more painful than the somewhat more "organic" nature of wow and flutter - by which I mean that for some reason the brain seems able to reverse-mask out wow and flutter whereas jitter just gives you a headache! -- 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
