Alek, alekz;235767 Wrote: > There we go! ;-D First of all thanks for taking my comments in good spirit. :-)
I agree jitter is measurable and might become audible. There are different types of jitter. The jitter created by the positioning of the pits on a CD (amongst other physical challenges) could cause data errors if it is bad enough. But - with the help of modern jitter-correcting software and read mechanisms - it _isn't_ bad enough in normal operation. Once this error-free data is in a memory chip (whether computer RAM or a CD transport buffer) it is just "data" and the timing for transmitting that data is provided by the on-board clock. This means the positioning of the pits has been "stripped out" of the equation by that point (provided, as discussed, there were no data errors caused). Of course there could be data-borne jitter created by the ADC but that would be present in the recording regardless of the physical media. The point is, cleaning a disc can only improve things if it eliminates data errors - and they don't happen anyway in normal operation with modern CD transports. Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz -> Sony DAS-703ES DAC -> Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop -> JVC UX-C30 mini system ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39093 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
