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| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? As one person noted, a digital cable actually carries an analog signal. However, the magic is the software. When a digital signal is sent it is sent with what are called stop bits and a checksum. The hardware at the other end recalculates these va... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality Depending on your budget Ifi Audio has a Usb -3 purifier$129 a steal, that removes 40 dB of noise , plus regenerates a totally new signal parts quality excellentI have 2 iFi SPDIF iPurifiers in my home theater system to reduce jitter. Makes big ... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality I just returned a very highly regarded high-end low noise DAC. It has some of the best specs in the industry, lowest distortion, lowest jitter, super quiet dark background. It produced super clean, open, two dimensional "sound". Not "MUSIC". While... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality Having some sort of Green/yellow/red indicator about signal quality and noise I think would be helpful. For instance, there are a number of reclockers and signal cleaners on the market. Wouldn't it be nice if our DACs could indicate directly if a ... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? I find that Tidal hi fi sounds different than CD. I've grown to prefer it.But I would think having an all in one CD player would minimize jitter.All-in-one player is no magic bullet. Still has the same jitter problems as separates.I had a modifie... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? Am I right to think that gold connectors for digital cables are pointless? The contacts are the important part in a BNC or RCA. If both the shield and center conductor contacts are gold-plated, this is good enough. Any non-oxidizing conductor ma... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? Maybe the paper referenced below will shed some light on the complexity of jitter for those that believe that a simple value in some clock or DAC datasheet can Trump this effect for good.Audibility of some forms of jitter on DACs and ADCs have bee... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? I’ve got a comparably modest digital source setup:Allo Digione RPito Schiit Modi Uber 2to NAD C316BEEto Tekton Lore speakers Did an a/b test with each cable upgrade:no-name cheapo rca analog interconnect to ZU audio mission from dac to amp = huge ... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? Am I to understand that the cable is causing jitter to a flashing pulse of light and that the digital info being received by the amp is not totally correct? Or is jitter to do with extra devices and connections and distance between the source and ... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? Also, here are some measurements of different Toslink cables: http://archimago.blogspot.com/2013/05/measurements-toslink-optical-audio.html?m=1 Including a freebie one, an intentionally poorly made one, an all glass one,etc. Guess what? They are 9... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? Jitter is an issue with every piece of digital gear, even Toslink. Toslink has the additional issue of conversion from electrical to optical and optical back to electrical. Each of these stages adds jitter. Even a single gate adds jitter.If you... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? So, it should be obvious that if 2 million psec is not easily differentiable with music playing, than your original statement of going from 22psec to 7psec being a drastic difference should show you why I stated it was bogus, even if your gear and... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? Jitter is well documeneted. However, comparing jitter between DACs has nothing to do with if you are using a $20 generic digital cable (coax or optical) or a $4000 Nordost one.It certainly enters into it. If the cable is really poor, the jitter ad... | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? I didn’t say the DAC would eliminate jitter, I said it would reduce it to beyond audibility. In your dreams. Just take a second (pun intended) and just think how short a nanosecond is, and then a picosecond. Sorry, but no, we can’t hear a differen... | |
| C.E.C TL2 replacement Glenn is correct. You can get better results playing back from a computer device, and you can get hi-res to play natively. The trick is to select the optimum interface/DAC.Steve N.Empirical Audio |