I agree with you that backwards-compatibility with all the extant SPDIF sources that don't have word clock inputs is a very significant plus point for any DAC. And I may have misunderstood how complicated the Naim DAC is - all the explanations I've read make it out to be rather complex.
However, I stand by my view that a word clock connection is more straightforward. Moreover, it's the *correct* way to achieve the goal of isolating the DAC from the effects of transport jitter. All single-ended solutions (buffers, long-timebase PLLs, asynchronous SRC) remain tied to the average clock rate of the transport, which theoretically could vary in unexpected ways. But as I've said before, I am not convinced that in practice transport jitter is an issue in the first place. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78790 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
