adamdea;623635 Wrote: > So what you have established is that the longer buffer causes a > different sort of power supply noise than the shorter buffer and that > a. this may cause more(/different pattern of?) jitter in the touch > clock, which > b. may cause more (ditto) jitter at the S/PDIF out, which > c. may cause more (ditto) jitter in a DAC > > Could you clarify whether there is any significant possibility that the > DAC might be more adversely affected by the PSU noise impact of shorter > buffer even if it does contain fewer low frequency components.
ALL of which depends on how the DAC handles incoming s/pdif clock jitter. The buffer-related noise will give rise to very small levels of uncorrelated jitter. More interesting is the possibility that the PSU-derived noise itself makes its way onto the s/pdif cable and into the DAC. John - was the noise you measured using the stock PSU or your linear PSU? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
