On 20/10/10 19:20, magiccarpetride wrote: > In a similar fashion, interferences that may occur while > transporting digital bits that carry audio signal will inevitably > result in the degradation of the sound quality. And that will > interrupt our enjoyment of the playback.
Er, yes, but as opaqueice has already pointed out, opaqueice;583990 Wrote: > Except we can be absolutely certain that doesn't happen. All you > have to do is record the digital stream as a computer file - ones and > zeros - and compare it to the original file. I've done that, as have > many others, and they are absolutely identical, down to every single > bit. > > If you're getting bit errors in a digital transport, it's broken. > The level of jitter in a decent digital source connected by a > reasonable cable ($5 at Radioshack, for example) is far below the > level that could cause bit errors. > We talk about the signal-to-noise ratio, not sound-to-noise ratio. > Do you get it now? Right, if we assume that the bits get to the input of the DAC correctly then SNR can only be an issue in the analogue stage of the DAC. So, I would conclude that the reason for your perceived improvement in sound quality after switching from Duet to Touch is *not* due to SNR. R. -- "Feed that ego and you starve the soul" - Colonel J.D. Wilkes http://www.theshackshakers.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
