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Old December 9th 03, 11:11 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Molton
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Default Add a DAC to a cheap CD player?

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 21:44:54 GMT
"Wally" wrote:


Do you mean DACs that use a sync signal to control jitter, as opposed
to those which can take a raw datastream and make the best (or better)
of it? Would a DAC which has a sync output and a bunch of oversampling
be the right thing to go chasing after?


No. the jitter on SPDIF will only minimally impact the output on a well
designed dac.

a 'reclocked' signal is almost garaunteed to be a worse output (not
necessarily distinguishable, mind) quality output.

With the 'async' SPDIF you will hear every bit correctly (and thats
still dependant on the conversion method). with a reclocked output,
given the clock will NEVER be a perfect match for the SPDIF clock
anyway, you are garaunteed to either drop or stretch a whole bit at some
point. ick.

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