willyhoops;259181 Wrote: > Remember the HDMI output means sound quality is unlimited.
>From what I understand it's not much better than S/PDIF. Higher bandwidth but no bi-directional mechanism for clock synch for jitter reduction. HDMI is primarily for video, audio is an afterthought, a matter of convenience. Until recently (HDMI 1.3) HDMI didn't even support the new HD audio codecs, while the video standards have been supported since day one. This is an old article (2005) but nothing has changed in the standard with respect to jitter reduction: http://hiddenwires.co.uk/resourcesarticles2005/articles20051201-02.html HiddenWires Wrote: > Using current implementations, HDMI audio appears to have a relatively > poor jitter performance meaning that, although mainstream consumers > will find the resulting sound quality rather good, it is unlikely to > satisfy audiophiles. -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: "So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
