Guys, I've been reading some on the web and understand that good modern DAC's will buffer incoming S/PDIF and re-clock it.... eliminating any & all jitter that was caused by the S/PDIF transmission. This is what I expected they would do because it's not very difficult to implement. Also, any up/down sampling removes S/PDIF jitter from the incoming interface. So if you think you hear jitter from your S/PDIF just buy a better/newer DAC.
However.... the ADC in the recording studio already has jitter so the masters have it, so the CD's have it, so it's all flawed anyway. Almost makes me go back analog again... nice wow & flutter and stuff ;-) Also: good DAC's have transformers on their coax-S/PDIF eliminating ground-loops there. If you have that and the buffering/re-clocking, I can't see anyone hearing a difference between fiber and coax, so if you do.... check the spec's of your DAC and get your checkbook ready because it probably doesn't do the buffer&re-clock or doesn't have the transformers so the checkbook will get hot again like NonReality would say :) cheers, Nick. -- DeVerm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DeVerm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52817 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
