bhaagensen;549155 Wrote: > I too used to think so, but after getting to know the Naim DAC I'm not > so sure anymore. S/PDIF, as a transmission protocol, is less than > optimal in the time-dimension in terms of precision required for > precisely converting audio-data in a synchronous system. However, AFAIS > the timing-issues are so small that in terms of data-transmisson, it is > in practical applications easy to use S/PDIF as a semi-asynchronous > protocol (like Naim does) - and thereby clocking the DAC 100% > independently of the transport. > > It seems so simple, that I'm starting to think that the complexity of > dedidated clock-lines is unnecessary (for the given application area). Are you seriously suggesting that all the hoops Naim jump through is a simpler solution than just sending a feed from the DAC's clock to the transport? I respectfully suggest you have this completely the wrong way round.
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