opaqueice;185832 Wrote: > You seem to be missing the point entirely - did you read the thread? I > fully agree with you that there is almost certainly no such effect, but > some people regard as reasonable the possibility that the increased CPU > load due to processing FLAC could cause EMI which degrades the sound > quality, and as a possible reason to use WAV and/or explain perceived > differences in uncontrolled listening tests.
Then moving the computer away should provide an easy way of reducing the effect, or investing in a computer with a good enclosure (and there are many available). Computer can be build to pass extremely demanding EMI specs for some applications without a lot of money. opaqueice;185832 Wrote: > As for jitter, the SB design is clearly and demonstrably superior to any > S/PDIF implementation. The data is buffered via much faster than > real-time asynchronous transmission which is essentially immune to bit > errors, and then played out with a local crystal oscillator. This > equals the theoretical best possible jitter elimination performance of > an external DAC connected either via S/PDIF or wordclock (of course > there could still be differences in the analogue stage, power supply, > etc.). That's a bit too SB centric. There are a lot of audio designers out there that take the jitter issue seriously and have invested into what they regard as severe overengineering to make sure it's not there. I posted a link to Accuphase. There are many others. So I think everything you say is plausible, I'd object to the "demonstrably superior" part, because such absolutes do not exist in a world like high end audio. It's about different strokes for different folks, and clearly the SB does many things very well. I still wouldn't use the built-in DA, because it sounds "demonstrably worse" (Sheffield Labs test CDs, for one) than hooking up an external DA via the oh so flawed S/PDIF interface. None of this stuff is utterly linear. But wired sounding better than wireless? There is no reason why it should, even when and if it does in a particular application. -- pablolie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32999 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
