crooner;261643 Wrote: > In fact, if it wasn't for the extreme cost I would go the > Transporter+rudibium clock+external DAC route. > Once costs go down it will a no-brainer, IMO. How would an -external- clock device give lower jitter (and thus possible audible improvement) compared to an internal clock source? You might be able to get better -long term- stability from an exotic clock generator, but a decent crystal oscillator in the DAC itself has the potential of giving the lowest jitter, regardless of how stable the external clock is in the long term. IMHO, few, if any, possess "perfect pitch" so perfect as to be able to detect the difference between an exotic external clock and a decent internal crystal oscillator. Anyway, how many recordings are made with such an exotic clock system? I think the emphasis, both during recording and playback, should be placed on the measurably lower jitter which an oscillator inside the DAC can deliver to the DAC itself. This will reduce the jitter induced "sidebands", which arguably are potentially more audible.
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