[email protected] wrote: > If the dac solely determines the audio quality ,then would not a SBT > sound as good as a Linn streamer or the Marantz in stream not dac mode > connected to the same dac? > Doesn't jitter reduction at the player level matter any? Any audio > engineers out there who could answer this?
Jitter can only be heard after one drinks lots and lots of audiophile kool-aid or if one happens to write for any of the high end audio magazines. Normal humans in normal listening situations can not hear jitter, even the dreaded USB jitter. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101584 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
