Triode;171708 Wrote: > Jitter only exists when you reconstruct the the bitstream in real time. > Files only contain the bits and the defined sampling rate, they don't > contain anything which would equate to jitter, i.e. there is no timing > information. When you reconstruct the bitstream, a local oscillator is > used running at the defined sampling frequency to define when each > sample is replayed. Jitter comes from variations in the phase of this > oscillator before it gets to the Digital to Analog (DAC) chip. > > So you can't have a jittery file... You can have a jitterly oscillator > but thats another story and is local to the replay device.
I'm not saying that the "file is jittery". But when you play an Apple Lossless file on a Slim Devices system, SlimServer converts that Apple Lossless file into FLAC/WAV on-the-fly (as you put it)...and that is where I am saying that perhaps some jitter is being introduced. The timing accuracy of that on-the-fly conversion will be dependent on the local oscillator of the CPU that is doing the conversion... -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31833 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
