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What DACs are "reclocking"?

Are there many, many reclocking DACs, or is this particular feature limited to just a few makes and models? Also, how can one tell if a DAC is of the reclocking variety? If the description says something about a low-jitter clock, is that enough, or is that something else entirely? (Yes, I did search the archives -- and Google -- before posting this question.)
Thanks very much.
-- Howard
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audioengr
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Any Dac that asynchronously upsamples is reclocking using an internal oscillator. You can also reclock the datastream using an external reclocker and feed any DAC with this.

I personally dont like the sound of any commercially available hardware upsamplers, so I use non-upsampling DACs. Good upsampling software like Wave Editor/Izotope or Adobe Audition will beat the hardware upsamplers.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
audioengr
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"All DACs playing regular Red Book CDs at 96 or 192 KHz (playback clock not an integer multiple of the incoming clock) employ some sort of reclocking."

Not true. Lots of DACs dont upsample and don have any kind of oscillator inside. It's not a requirement.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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