cliveb;639661 Wrote: > Because USB done right is asynchronous and the clock is at the DAC, > whereas SPDIF is synchronous with the clock at the transport. > > Of course, there are always exceptions. USB done wrong is also > synchronous, sometimes with a very poor clock indeed. SPDIF can have > the clock at the DAC if the DAC has word clock out and the transport > has word clock in, but that's fairly rare. > > Mind you, having the clock at the DAC, while being theortically better, > doesn't necessarily guarantee good audible performance. Linn > demonstrated that with their first Karik/Numerik combo.
True, but the Karik/Numerik was a weird (non-standard) clock setup! It wasn't your typical "word clock out of DAC into transport" setup. The Karik sound better on its own... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88540 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles