If you already believe bits are bits, as I do (some will argue) then you have already answered your own question. None of those options will help except in a placebo manner.
Some will argue but my view is.. I doubt your power supply is causing an issue because you are, as you say, transferring bits, not analogue signal. It would have to be creating sever electrical fluctuations that actually cause processing or throughput failure before it will change the bit pattern. Jitter should not be a discernible problem with your optics cable unless it also is at the point of being 'broken', ie unable to send reliable signal, or it is soo long or bent sooo badly that it creates signal issues. Neither is likely in a home audio setup. There is a reason why fiber is used in my business, telecom, where anything over a 50 nanosecond signal disruption is actually considered an "outage". Coax for home audio is eaqually as good. I am not familiar with jitter rebuilders or whatever it was called for audio but unless it operates on both sides of the optics cable to repackage the data and creates a protocol in the packets that contain error correction of some kind, it's snake oil. Even then, how much error correction can it do before you consider the sound jittery, due to correction delays?? I'm sure you will hear alternate theories and that's fair. My advice falls into the best I saw in this post. Before you decide it needs work, have a friend create a blind, random test for you to see if the difference is truly there and if its really worth the money to correct. (of course, audiophiles will tell you it has to be a true double blind test but since this isn't life or death, having your buddy switch cables and seeing if you can identify the differences will at least help you make up your mind. Let us know how it turns out... -- Murph ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Murph's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39810 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
