timequest;427061 Wrote: > I tend to agree, however I continue to read about SB users utilizing the > Pace-Car re-clocker in conjunction with very high quality modern > external DACs. Why would this be necessary unless the external DAC > isnt effective at reducing the jitter it is being fed? Obviously > marketing comes into play but whos marketing the re-clockers, or the > DAC manufacturers? I realize too, that there is some real science at > play here. According to the designer, my external DAC is measured at > less than 1ps jitter (0.005% @ 10 kHz; 0.0038 @14 kHz; 0.002% @20 kHz); > but what do these low numbers really mean? Does this mean that the DAC > is reducing the jitter from the transport down to these very low specs? > If so, I cant see the need for a re-clocking device (unless 0.005% > jitter is audible). However, there appears to be some science (and > marketing) behind the concept that a re-clocker can significantly > improve jitter in devices like the SB3/Duet even when these devices > are used in conjunction with external DACs. Can someone help me > understand this maybe sort through the science/marketing? If we take the Benchmark as an example they publish specs showing that output distortion doesn't change as input jitter is increased. The take-home point is that the measurements (whatever you think of them) don't change when the input jitter changes.
http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/system1/files/documents/DAC1.pdf Either they are printing drivel or you don't need a re-clocker. There doesn't appear to be a middle ground. I don't have a Benchmark and I've no plans to buy one so I've no point to prove. I'm just saying. :) Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. (Inguz bass EQ'd) SB3 -> (pre bypassed) Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 (caps bass EQ'd) Laptop -> Genius Slab SW-flat2.1 700 SB3 / Rio Karma / Laptop -> JVC UX-C30 / Sennheiser PX-100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63796
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