John---thank you. This was very informative. Over on Pinkfish there's a fellow, Brian, with the handle "Turtle", that's either your twin brother, or your alter ego!
I'm trying to wrap my brain around all this and it's not easy...so forgive me. Is it accurate to say the following: * The argument that 1's and 0's cannot be altered is true in it's most basic form, but there can actually be measurable quality differences in how those 0's and 1's are both sent and received from a clocking perspective. * If the above is accurate, the quality of those differences in 0's and 1's can potentially lead to audible differences in sound. How much of this variablility is needed to produce audible changes is it not, the same argument as to how much jitter is actually audible and what audible form does that take??? * The question I've been trying to get answered is: can the "tuning" (for lack of a better word) of the priority settings and buffer size in the Touch actually effect the quality of the digital output signal of the Touch? In other words, will changing those values potentially alter the signal enough that it will affect how the dac will both process that signal and output it in its analog stage (thus leading to sound quality differences)? It certainly seems like altering those values can produce unambiguously audible negative changes i.e, distortions, clicks, etc. But, would it be possible that different combinations of priority settings and buffer sizes would produce different positive sound qualities---much like some of the digital filters that are implemented in many of the dac chips? Changes that may be on the more subtle side, which are nonetheless real changes, but for which the preference of one or the other combination would simply be a matter of personal taste? This is the crux of the disagreements (to put it mildly) between Soundcheck, SBGK (and others), and numerous other folks that say that priority/buffer tuning is a complete crock. -- rgro Rg System information ------------------------ Main: PS Audio Quintet > Vortexbox > Teddy Pardo PS, Touch (wired) > Toslink > Rega DAC > LFD LE IV Signature amp > VA Mozart Grands > REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) > Pioneer VSX 919 > Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.2 r33908 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0, Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 77. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94352 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
