earwaxer9;624269 Wrote: > Wow! What a strange trip its been! - Given that the Touch was deemed > "bit perfect" by Kal at Stereophile. I would say that it cant get much > better than perfect. I think its a bit nuts to split hairs on this. The > yeoman's work rests with the DAC. Taking the SPDIF and doing it right. > Hence - switch focus to issues with SPDIF and DAC, and possibly > goldfish. There seems to be a never-end source of replies claiming bit-perfect = bit-perfect = no possible audio differences possible.
If the bit-perfect stream is captured back to audio data, then yes, bit-perfect would mean the data captured will be identical to the original data. However the bit stream here is usually processed through a digital receiver and dac, neither of which regenerate the bit stream, hence timing variations (jitter) can and will degrade the resulting analog signal. A crude analogy in musical terms is that bit-perfect may mean "note"-perfect, but timing is off (fast/slow, jittery, wow+flutter), then the music will not sound good. -- mervin_b ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mervin_b's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42376 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86762 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
