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| I need a new DAC or something else....? I would recommend trying a good reclocker with the ML transport. If you like the sound of the Aurelic DAC, then reducing the jitter from the ML Transport is the next step. Even modern Transports have relatively high jitter, around 800psec to 2nsec... | |
| Renderers/Players to Consider against Sonore microRendu If Airplay supports UPnP DLNA, then this one is hard to beat with 10psec jitter at the end of the S/PDIF coax cable:https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=156409.0 Supports up to 24/192 on S/PDIF coax and DSD on the I2S outputs (not tested ye... | |
| Does Roon sound better? I found that Linn Kinsky with Minimserver and BubbleUPnP (all freeware) beat Roon for SQ. I have heard that Roon is better when used with HQplayer but I have not tried this. | |
| Have transports improved for Redbook CD playback? DAC slaving to an inferior transport problem is eliminated with a Synchro-Mesh reclocker.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Have transports improved for Redbook CD playback? No jitter.Not technically possible. Any company that claims no jitter is FOS.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Have transports improved for Redbook CD playback? Get an asynchronous DAC and stop worrying about jitter!You are talking about using USB. Transports do not connect with USB. Even with USB, you are at the mercy of the jitter in the USB module in the DAC. This varies widely. Even with USB, you ... | |
| Transport for Audio Note gear All transports in this price range will have high jitter, on the order of 1 nsec. The only thing that matters in a transport is jitter and your AN DAC will be very sensitive to it because they use older S/PDIF receiver chips and typically do not r... | |
| DAC-Preamp having these specifications? No different than an external passive resistive attenuator. Changes impedance and can cause roll-off. Adds thermal noise. Critical to use low-capacitance interconnects with this type. I stay away from these myself.Another type of volume control I... | |
| DAC-Preamp having these specifications? There are essentially 4 ways to get volume control:1) analog volume control that changes the gain of an active stage - can be controlled digitallyDisadvantage - change in gain characteristics at different volume levels and signal levels can affect... | |
| Oppo 105 D vs. DAC-transport combination. It’s the jitter on the S/PDIF coax output of the Oppo:https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154408.0 The same jitter will not be experienced when using the internal DAC.It can be fixed and even improved however:If you add a Synchro-Mesh recl... | |
| Time for an all in one streaming solution @hfaddict - S/PDIF coax is less problematic than USB, however you are relying on the master clock in the Aurilic for the S/PDIF coax output. For async USB, it is the USB interface clock inside the DAC that is the master clock. Two different cloc... | |
| Time for an all in one streaming solution I have had the Qute DAC here, and it is quite good because of the custom FPGA D/A, however the power supply needs upgrading to deliver good bass. Do that first.Then, get a good streamer that delivers low jitter. If they don't publish their jitte... | |
| My next Coax / SPDIF after Green Hornet I would never buy a S/PDIF coax that is terminated to RCA's. It cannot be done cleanly without creating a big impedance discontinuity. You are better off to get BNC's and add 75 ohm RCA adapters.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| My next Coax / SPDIF after Green Hornet My $275 silver coax with expanded Teflon and BNC terminations (RCA adapters) will beat any of these. My $499 Reference BNC is even better.Jitter measurements of several cables:https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154425.0 30-day money-back... | |
| New Source; what is the best match Digital source sound quality is primarily affected by jitter, including USB and Ethernet interfaces.D/A’s are primarily affected by digital filtering and internal/external power delivery.Jitter will affect the imaging, focus and dynamicsDigital fi... |