Phil Leigh;652936 Wrote: 
> This is not the reason why some people report a difference in some
> systems. The stream is always processed accurately to the spdif
> output...
> The processor is just a computer and oddly it behaves exactly like any
> other computer... Given a constant input and constant program [both
> true in this case] it will produce constant output. It can't do this
> "better" or "worse"...
> 
> 
> What can happen is that power supply noise can be modulated by the
> circuitry onto the ground plane and this can vary with processor load.
> Some dacs are more sensitive to this noise than others...
On this particular subject, am I right in thinking that this effect
would be irrelevant with a toslink connector, there being no electrical
connection?
I seem to remember that the received wisdom is supposed to be that
toslink connection are supposed to sound worse than coax. Can anyone
remind me why? perhaps I had better start a separate thread on that


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