duke43j;427428 Wrote: > Jitter in the digital world is like noise in the analog world; it's > everwhere. Every component, including cables, contributes to jitter. You > can't avoid it. Of course, if you don't reduce jitter from wherever it > comes from (including cables), you will have problems. My point is that > if one uses a DAC with an ASRC, jitter from all external sources > (including cables) should be largely eliminated. So, cables shouldn't be > an issue unless they are so bad that the input device can't read the > data at all, in which case you will have dropouts. > > So to address the original question -- Do I need a reclocker if my DAC > uses an ASRC?, and a subsequent question -- Do I need expensive cables? > My opinion on both is "No", because external jitter should not be an > issue when using a well designed DAC having an asynchronous rate > converter. > > I stand by my statement that there is a lot of bad information out > there regarding this area.
I agree you don't need expensive SPDIF cables - $18 from Blue Jeans for 1.5m is fine :-) Even better than relying on ASRC (and I have one in my TACT) is using the DAC clock to drive the transport. Sadly, this gets into some quite complicated mods...(for me anyway) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63796 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
