arnyk wrote: > So you can't think of any purpose for an external word clock connection > except to reduce jitter? OK. > > Here's a little studio craft for you. > > In a situation where there are a lot of devices with their own clocks, > the slight differences between those clocks can cause audible problems, > and clocking them all from a common source can make those problems go > away. > > For example, if you are recording multiple channels from various > sources, having all those sources use the same identical clock means > that their clock frequencies are identically the same, and they then > stay in synch. > > Simply having multiple clocks with slightly different frequencies can > lead to them inadvertently mixing and forming beats and spurious tones > and whistles. > > and so on. > > It is the same kind of bogus argument that speaker systems with separate > woofer and tweeter connections were "obviously designed" for biwiring. > In fact they are often set up that way to facilitate active biamping > which can actually make a difference, unlike biwiring which is pure > snake oil.
Who uses a Transporter in a studio? Dave :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles