But if Naim did choose to use Normal accuacy as their guide, and chose the 10 clock spacings you suggest, that's all the clocks used up for one data rate - lets say 44.1. At least 9 of them must be wrong, and there are no clocks left for all the other data rates the DAC supports 32, 48, 96 etc.. And if clocks are switched between to keep the buffer from over/underflow, then that is a form of jitter.
Still can't see the point of transferring data from a hard-drive to a DAC by using s/pdif, especially when the DAC in question has, by design, a buffer. Why not just fill the buffer via ethernet or wireless, much as Logitech and Linn do, then use exactly the right clock to D-A it. -- JezA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JezA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21219 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74471 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles