Archimago wrote: > Okay, thanks John. No worries, just wanted to get a read on your > thoughts on this 8kHz phenomenon. True, the 8kHz tone can be measured in > some circumstances with gear susceptible... Will need to see if Amir can > run through another test to differentiate this from his original thought > that it's sideband spikes and potential jitter rather than microframe > noise. So, in essence the whole 8KHz spurs thing is a side issue which came about because of Amir's measurements & his rush to conclusions. Even though he & BE718 reported a small audible improvement & put it down to placebo, there is nothing in his or BE's measurements that points to the audible improvements that people are reporting with the Regen.
Now, I'm sure that a some people are hearing improvements because they are using USB powered DACs & the Regens 5V supply is an improvement over Vbus supply (I don't know what percentage fall into this category?) The really interesting part, for me, is what audible benefits the improvements in USB signal quality are providing. This improvement has been measured & can be seen in John Westlakes' plots. Amir's measurements are by no means comprehensive which he states himself so the audible improvements remain unmeasured & as John Westlake states, will probably not be revealed in analogue measurements. Archi, I know you are a great believer in measurements - have you ever heard an improvement in audio that you could not measure? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jkeny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104340 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
