On 02/01/10 22:38, rgheck wrote: > > Actually, let me add one more thing. In some ways, the most astonishing > way to see the effects of jitter is on CDR copies of CDs, made at > different speeds. Until I got my Transporter, etc, I hoarded old Plextor > CDR drives, which I used to make 1X copies of CDs. The differences > between 1X, 4X, and 16X copies were readily apparent---the 16X usually > sounded closest to the original, with the others sounding progressively > better---as were the differences between copies made on the Plextor > drives and copies made on DVD writers. It all sounds insane, but it is > just due to the different levels of jitter in the signal written to the > CD, which then appears at the input of the DAC.
Aha! Proof that you really don't know what you're talking about. I suggest you go and read up on what jitter actually is, and then use your new-found knowledge to understand why the above-quoted paragraph is just plain wrong. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles