wadia i170 meassured jitter level

Wow that is a lot jitter. Even if your dac does a great job of lowering the jitter its still not as good as the source itself doing it. Why would you accept high jitter in an ipod transport and not in a cd transport? The really good cd transports have low jitter levels. I think wadia should come out with a higher end version of it i170.

The wadia is a fine unit for the price. I am just saying it could be better if the unit had less jitter. I don't use my wadia i170 anymore i use the msb ilink ipod transport. The msb ilink jitter is measured at 7ps. The sound i get out of my wadia 521 great northern sound co mod dac is now true reference sound now.

Brianmgrarcom why do think company's like dcs and esoteric deal with the jitter befor the dac? They have outboard clocks to deal with jitter before the dac does? So just because you dac does a good job of reducing the jitter it cant be better than outboard clock. Empirical audio makes a outboard clock called the pace car 2. I think this could make the wadia a better transport.

Brianmgrarcom, thanks i met reference sound in my system. I had my wadia i170 modded by steve at great northern sound co and its about as good as my bel canto cd-2 transport via the wadia 521 gns modded dac.

What ever the case is the wadia i170 or the ipod it still has a very high measured jitter from the digital output. I just wanted to know how much. The jitter affects the sound quality of the transport, the lower the jitter the better. Just like in a cd transport. I don't if the wadia has any buffers or clock that lowers the jitter in the unit. Even if your dac does a good job of lowering the jitter its still better if its done in the transport. Most everyone will agree that the wadia ipod transport is good for the price. I think their will be better ipod transport out sure they will cost more but you will get better sound quality. Msb has their ipod transport the ilink and its so much better than the ipod. This unit has fifo buffers and clock for a jitter of 7ps. Now i have both the wadia i170 gns co mod and msb ilink. Their is no question the msb ilink is far better than the wadia i170 gns mod. It has taken my wadia 521 gns co modded dac to a new level in bass, mids and highs. Now i like my wadia i170 however if you want to get the best sound out of your dac via an ipod the msb ilink is the way to go. For me i am happy for the moment, i wanted to share my views.