pfarrell;458801 Wrote: > The DAC has nothing to do with SPDIF output, the signal is sent out the > SPDIF output before it goes to the DAC.
I'm sorry that I didn't make myself clearer since I'm well aware of the above. pfarrell;458801 Wrote: > What you seem to be missing is that SPDIF needs to be clocked, and there > is nothing in the TCP/IP stream that tells how to do that. So a smarter > device could do a better job. Now that's more like it. But I'm still unclear as to why one S/PDIF output would sound "better" than any other S/PDIF output since most good external DACs will reclock the output anyway. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67711 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
