magiccarpetride;583912 Wrote: > Sorry, I wasn't clear in my explanation. It is not that the signal > increases; it stays the same. What's happening is that the noise > decreases, resulting in the overall impression that the signal is now > clearer, as if it had increased and became louder (even though it > hadn't). > > This is similar to how experts are restoring old paintings, Rembrandt > for example. They only remove the dirt and debris that accumulates on > the surface of the canvas. They don't add anything to the painting > itself. However, by the virtue of removing the muck, the painting looks > clearer and brighter. > > Exact same thing is happening to the sound when you upgrade a component > that lowers the noise floor. All audio components inevitably introduce > noise into the sound, so the trick is finding and matching the > components that minimize this noise. The noise masks the original > signal, so you end up losing a lot of the musical detail.
How exactly is changing digital sources going to affect the noise floor? The digital source isn't in the analog chain. Any noise in the digital signal itself can only manifest as jitter, not as analog noise. The only way I can see a different digital source could change the noise floor is if the noise is being transmitted by the digital cable, or possibly through power cords etc. If so electrically isolating the digital source from the analog components should fix the problem. If you use an optical connection like Toslink there's no electrical connection at all. No need to buy an expensive new source. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82520 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
