Robin Bowes Wrote: > opaqueice wrote: > > Are you saying the same cable and DAC will induce a different types > of > > jitter in different transports? > > > > Put another way, suppose someone measures the jitter spectrum at the > > S/PDIF output of a CD player and an SB, and finds them to be the > same. > > Are you saying those two devices connected with identical cables to > > identical DACs could sound different? > > > Yes, that's exactly it. > > The digital signal is transmitted down an analogue cable so the > analogue > characteristics of the transmitter, cable, and receiver all affect the > transmission. > > R.
I'm pretty skeptical of this, although I agree it's possible (as is almost anything!). If it is a significant effect, one implication is that it's impossible and/or useless to try to meaure jitter, since the analogue characteristics of the oscilloscope you use will affect the result (and differ from DAC plus cable). -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25138 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
