Michael Amster;372140 Wrote: > > It would be helpful if Pat (ar-t) could name a few names of designs > that > have good low jitter implementations where it counts. A handfuly of > single clock CD players so that people could verify would be very > helpful. I understand our beloved Slim boxes have multiple > oscillators, > so they are already not optimal for that reason even if the rest of the > > design is good. > > Since people on this list will not have the means to measure the jiter > > and characterize it to conclude, the next best thing might be some > reference points of widely available equipment: > > Try this CD player through this DAC and then the Slim through the same > DAC. > > Then the CD player alone (no SPDIF issues) and the Slim alone. One > would characterize the SPDIF capabilities of both platforms as things > the subjectivists could then attempt to describe in language terms. > The > other would provide a well measured reference point against our Slim > platforms and let people draw subjective solutions from there. > I think one of the issues is that there are too many variables between CDPs, streaming devices and DACs to know that you're listening to effects of jitter alone.
But if you want to do this, get hold of an SB3 and a Transporter (or better still an SB+ since it uses exactly the same streaming side as an SB3), and compare the same music file through each device, into the same DAC, and the same audio system, using the same digital cable. Then any differences you can hear, can only be down to effects of jitter in the conversion process. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56425 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
