That is way a lot of squeezebox user on the Tact forum use Big Ben to reduce the jitter! > > 寄件者: "Julian Alden-Salter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 日期: 2005/02/26 星期六 上午 04:28:25 HKT > 收件者: "'Slim Devices Discussion'" <[email protected]> > 主旨: RE: [slim] Bit-correct digital out on Squeezebox? > > Hi, > I use an audio synthesis dax decade with my squeezebox. I must first point > out that I'm extremely happy with the replay however a few weeks ago I > invited some friends round to have a listen to the squeezebox and compare it > to a couple of dedicated transports. The other transports were from dpa and > Arcam both of which were judged (subjectively) to be better than the > squeezebox by all present. Not a very scientific test I know but I agreed > with the consensus and to my ears it wasn't a small margin. > Now in the ultimate scheme of things a squeezebox / dac combo will blow a > lot cd players away even some seriously expensive ones however I believe > that it's jitter performance - especially with flac's is less than great. > I say this because my dac (the aforementioned dax decade) has 2 methods of > locking onto the digital signal - one which can lock onto low quality / high > jitter signals and one that will lock onto better quality / low jitter > signals. This is denoted by the display of lock or xlock in the dac's > display. > Without fail if I play flacs I only get a lock however if I play mp3's > either native or transcoded from flacs I get the higher quality xlock. > What's going on, I'm not sure but it seems to me that there is more > performance within the squeezebox than is currently accessible. > I'm currently looking into the possibility of improving the clock within the > squeezebox which may help things. > Of course for 200 quid it's a fantastic bit of kit but I don't think it's > going to replace a true high end transport just yet. For me however the > convenience of having my entire music library on hand far outweigh what at > the end of the day is a 30%ish difference in quality. > Cheers > > > Julian. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 February 2005 19:14 > To: Slim Devices Discussion > Subject: Re: [slim] Bit-correct digital out on Squeezebox? > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:34:03 +0100, Steinar Bjaerum > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > I am thinking about playing an uncompressed WAV, recording the signal at > the > > digital output and comparing the recording with the original WAV. > > > > > > Be careful when you are doing so - a lot of sound cards will resample > digital input. > AC97 cards do, for example (or so I've been told) > > I believe M-Audio Audiophile 2496 does not, I don't know about their > other models. > Again, that is what I've been told. I have not done any testing > myself, mp3 at 192VBR is good enough for me (though I do archive > lossless in flac). > > -- > http://mpeters.us/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss >
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