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cliveb wrote: > I agree with your sentiments, so let us focus on technical merits. > Digital out via HDMI may well be convenient, but I am worried about its > merits. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that > the jitter levels of typical HDMI implementations are catastrophically > high. Regular readers here will know that I am sceptical about the > significance of jitter, but even I would baulk at the thought of using > an interface which typically exhibits jitter at the thousands of pS > level. Properly implemented asynchronous USB seems to be the future > interface of choice (although I personally am happy with SPDIF). The facts about HDMI at AES. Arcam presenter: http://www.aes-media.org/sections/uk/Conf2011/Presentation_PDFs/14%20-%20john%20dawson%20-%20Audio%20Transport%20over%20HDMI%20-%20AES%202011.pdf Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96660 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
