Kellen;505401 Wrote: > is SPDIF really an issue anymore? > > I ask because reading up on a particular SPDIF receiver (Wolfson WM8804 > http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/products/WM8804) it appears as though the > chipset itself prevents incoming jitter from being sent as output > jitter. > > Am I correct in assuming that so long as you don't have a seriously > messed up input signal then this particular SPDIF receiver (and others > like it) ensures that you get an output signal that is void of jitter?
Sadly, it isn't that simple. Yes, the WM8804 handles input jitter from the SPDIF stream effectively... but it is IN the DAC itself where the battle with jitter is finally fought out, not just in the receiver chip that precedes it. It all helps of course... but transport-induced jitter is not the full story. What this chip may well do is to iron-out differences in transports... up to the point where the DAC starts. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (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 Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73882 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
