325xi;184393 Wrote: > This eventually became rather pointless... Try to analyse why can two > digital sources sound differently, assuming both are in working > condition, so data stream is bit-accurate? > > One simple word - jitter. Applied to various parts of spectrum in > different amounts your chains may sound somewhat different. > > If the effect is well pronounced, your DAC doesn't have a good jitter > rejection mechanism, although the latter can never eliminate jitter in > full. If so, I would be looking for another DAC - or stick with very > low jitter sources. > > Now, SB is confirmed to have reasonably low jitter, and transporter - > even lower. If your Pioneer sounds vastly different, it can mean that > it has either significantly higher jitter, and then it can be > considered flawed; or it's low, but applied to the part of spectrum > where it more audible (the same could be valid for SB as well). > > Important thing to consider - sometimes, quite rarely, jitter can cause > delusion of better sound. I don't know if this is the case.
Yes yes yes that is right on the button! I've never personally heard higher jitter sound "better" (unlike say euphonic colouration from valves) - bring on the new marketing ploy - "higher jitter = better sound" (only joking) The more I think about this the more I believe that people are unable to distinguish between "better" and "more accurate". This may not matter in the end - to each their own and all that. I guess that unless you REALLY know what things are supposed to sound like all opinions are just...opinions. All this is of course just my...opinion. -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32993 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
