My apologies too for deriving from the topic of the thread. As for that I haven't heard Linn DS, nor the Touch or the Naim DAC. So the few points I can make are with that as a precaution:
- I have tested the Transporter rather thoroughly against a Naim CD5X. I liked the CD5X more and the sound is different, but that could well be simply because Naim has a characteristic sound that and that the Transporter is more neutral sounding. I.e. I did not find the CD5X necessarily "better", its more that its different. If the Naim DAC is tweaked with the same sound, I suspect I would prefer it over the Touch. (I shall hare the DAC this week) - I'm not sure I would have noticed the difference in normal use. Testing no matter what implies some artificial listening conditions. - In conclusion. I will not be changing my TP. While I like the sound of the DAC more, it also comes at a cost. And if I had such plans, I would still keep the Transporter for streaming. I even think I would do it even if Naim did come with a streamer. I find it highly unlikely that they are going to be able to make a feature-wise competitive (with Logitech) streamer for forseeable future. Now, this is the 'audiophile'-forum, so please indulge with me: JezA;510492 Wrote: > 3 points. > 2. If all the 10 clocks mentioned in then NAIM white paper are for, > say, 44.1K, what clocks are used for 96, 192 etc? > The Naim DAC, like any other digital audio-device does not actually have a crystal oscillator at any of those frequencies. Those have frequencies in the MHz range and is only used as a constant base for deriving the audio-frequencies, or other frequcies, needed by the device. JezA;510492 Wrote: > > 3. If all the 10 clocks are for, say, 44.1 Khz then at least 9 of them > will be the wrong frequency, albeit by a small amount. An "approximate > match" as you call it can hardly be called hifi. If the DAC switches > between them to keep the buffer from over or underflowing then that is > low frequency jitter. The precision of an "approximate match" has nothing to do with jitter as such. It is only the time between the ticks that must be uniform. While the clock chosen in the DAC may be slightly different from the clock in the transport, it could for that matter be closer to the actual sampling rate, e.g. 44.1kHz - which is the important thing. The last point is correct. But there is a light in front of the DAC that is lit, as long as it is running on one clock. According to reports this is always lit. Though the practical match/no match ratio will only become really known, I guess when the DAC has seen more use. We can discuss the further, but I guess in a separate thread. -- bhaagensen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74471 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
