cliveb;551849 Wrote: > Phil, I think you've misunderstood what Mr_Sukebe is saying. He is > saying that he hears differences in output *from the same DAC* when > using different SPDIF sources. So he's not comparing one DAC to > another. > > That said, I remain unconvinced that jitter is the cause of these > differences. Too many people say that there are only two things that > can possibly distinguish digital sources: the bits they deliver, and > the jitter. Not so - there are two another possible sources of > difference that I can think of: > a). The EMI radiated by the devices which can affect the operation of > other nearby analogue circuitry. > b). Grounding topology which may allow noise to transfer between the > ground planes of devices. On unbalanced devices, the ground plane > becomes part of the signal (in that the actual signal is in fact the > difference between the "signal" and ground). Therefore if there is any > noise on the ground plane it gets interpreted as signal. (*Perfect* > shunting of the ground plane to earth is of course impossible).
You points on A and B are correct. But you'd have to have one really F'd up setup for those to occur (and have cables significantly change it). I have tons of Meridian boxes and never found a digital cable to make any difference. I've done similar experiments that I posted and recorded the signal right at the digital tape output of 861 to assure data was perfect from rip to processor. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter/DuetController > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > DuetReceiver > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78441 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
