opaqueice;583819 Wrote: > Which is it - increased signal or reduced noise? They're rather > different. If the signal level increased when you switched digital > sources, something is wrong. If the noise changed, perhaps it's being > transmitted by the cable. If so, switching to Toslink may help. > > A better digital transport could in principle improve the sound by > reducing jitter, and therefore jitter induced distortion - if the DAC > it's feeding isn't capable of proper jitter attenuation. That's about > it.
Sorry, I wasn't clear in my explanation. It is not that the signal increases; it stays the same. What's happening is that the noise decreases, resulting in the overall impression that the signal is now clearer, as if it had increased and became louder (even though it hadn't). This is similar to how experts are restoring old paintings, Rembrandt for example. They only remove the dirt and debris that accumulates on the surface of the canvas. They don't add anything to the painting itself. However, by the virtue of removing the muck, the painting looks clearer and brighter. Exact same thing is happening to the sound when you upgrade a component that lowers the noise floor. All audio components inevitably introduce noise into the sound, so the trick is finding and matching the components that minimize this noise. The noise masks the original signal, so you end up losing a lot of the musical detail. -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82520 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
