The DAC chip itself is not the main cause of jitter. The main cause of jitter is from the transport (or SB3 in this case) and the SPDIF receiver. That is why there are quite a few folks who bypass the receiver by using separate clock signals. There's a thread about this over in the DIY section, started by John Swenson. He built his own DAC and taps the I2S signal directly from the SB3. It's a great idea, but of course, you need a lot of DIY know-how. There are other ways to cut down jitter, such as asynchronous re-sampling, but that involves some digital manipulation of the original signal. For that reason, a bunch of folks are opposed to that (not me).
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