ar-t;238344 Wrote: > It is inferior, and it is not a myth. You are grossly uninformed. > > Galvanic isolation can be achieved by using transformers, althoough > doing so requires some skill on the part of the designer. > > Of all the optical methods, TOSLINK is the worst. Single-mode fibre > could be used effectively, but alas, the way it is commonly implemented > is all wrong. > > (In case anyone actually cares, I helped to engineer the world's first > single-mode long-haul fibre system. I may just have an idea what I am > talking about. Not that the ignorant will care; they rarely are > open-mended enough.) > > Pat
Welcome to the forum - and thanks for the gratuituous comment. I was under that "being informed" was the converse of "being uninformed" and thus represents a binary state. Therefore, being "grossly uninformed" makes no sense, since one cannot be less informed than "uninformed". Since I didn't mention "TOSLINK" in my comment, I'm not sure what you are taking exception to. ADAT LightPipe (for example) is a variation on Toslink that has been in pro-use for a long time and some great recordings have been made using it - so clearly it can't be all that bad, can it? Also, no matter what your oscilloscope says, few people can reliably distinguish optical vs. SPDIF in various systems with their actual ears...this may well be because the DACS they are using effectively deal with the jitter arising from both the Toslink and SPDIF interfaces. My point was simply that IN PRACTICE there is little if any to choose between them. Theory well may say otherwise...but then theory has a poor track record compared to practice IMHO. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33146 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
