> Mike, > > This clock imprecision is indeed a known and documented issue. > Squeezebox1 uses a "black box" DSP processor from a > third-party supplier. It is a great mp3 decoder and has a lot > of good features, but it also has a couple of irritating > limitations like this that power users might encounter. > While this off-the-shelf DSP was immensely helpful in getting > us to market, unfortunately we have limited access to its > internal workings, and next-to-zero support from the > supplier, so this s/pdif issue has remained open for a long time. > > Ideally what I'd like to have is separate, dedicated, > high-precision crystal clocks to generate the DAC's clocks > and the s/pdif carriers directly (no PLL), plus full software > control of the s/pdif data and framing. This would yield VERY > precise s/pdif clocks, eliminate the possibility of certain > nearly-impossible-to-fix bugs, and ensure that we can > reliably deliver bit-perfect streams for DTS and such. > > Sean > >
Squeezebox1 huh? When will we hear more about Squeezebox2? ;) Looks like the cat (pony?) is out of the bag. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
