These are your favorite red herrings, Ralph. There is PLENTY of bs on the fringes of ANY hobby. There can be no argument made for cables costing the same as a small compact car. And so far, no one here is suggesting that.
Back to S/PDIF. It has shortcomings. We can try to get into PLL if necessary, but I thought that the mysteries of barely measurable jitter and our ability to hear it were generally accepted. Much progress has been made in the past decade and much more is understood. There is no rational argument or evidence of any kind that S/PDIF (in a source-outboard DAC set up) will rival the sound quality of the same DAC in a single box unit. This debate is over and it isn't a bunch of shysters trying to fool us. Frankly, the characterization of business in general within this thread is rather sad. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jh901's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18175 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97489 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
