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Does removing "interface jitter" help, if my source has jitter?

I'm thinking of getting a Benchmark 3 DAC, and one of the selling features is its UltraLock3™ jitter attenuation system, which Benchmark says "fully isolates the inputs from INTERFACE jitter" (emphasis mine).   If my upstream source has jitter, will this system isolate that from the DAC?  My usual source is a Blusound Vault, and I suspect its jitter control is not as good as the Benchmark's. 
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erik_squires
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Having good jitter reduction and a good clock internally always helps. :)

Best of course is to use asynch USB so the clocks short and long term match up perfectly.

To be honest though, around 2010 or so DAC's jitter reduction seems to have improved remarkably. It's really hard to find a DAC that doesn't have absolutely excellent jitter rejection at any price.
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