jsharper;288254 Wrote: > Can someone help me understand the concept of tweaking/modding/improving > the digital interfacing of audio gear? Doesn't the PCM audio data > either get from the source to the DAC/receiver 100% intact or it > doesn't? And if it doesn't, isn't that a flaw in one of the devices or > the transport cable? Is the SP/DIF architecture so fragile that there > are often bit errors in the received data? > > If my ethernet network started corrupting data, I wouldn't start > modding the magnetics of my ethernet cards and switches to improve the > analog signal on the wire; I'd send it back to be replaced under > warranty or throw it out and replace it with working gear. > > Apparently I am missing something.
The only technical explanation for it that I know of has to to with the j-word. Jitter. So its not about getting the same bits in and out, its about the timing. EDIT: I was too late. -- bhaagensen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45883 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
