shadorne
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| How important is S/N Ratio....? Now we are talking. If you talk high quality components then yes there is a difference. This is much easier to appreciate than "specifications" in a brochure.Eliminating transformers from the signal path (often non linear). Installing better quali... | |
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| How important is S/N Ratio....? Damping factor has been discussed many times on these forums and it is also misleading to pursue this number. I maintain that above a damping factor of 50 then you gain next to nothing. In fact, extremely high damping factors may be indicative of ... | |
| External DAC for PS3 That does not seem correct. Have you checked your settings in your PS3? I don't have a PS3 but there are several sound options on my Sony Blu-ray player of which one includes downmixing. I found that it was necessary to get the settings correct or... | |
| How important is S/N Ratio....? but when a lower S/N level can be quantified.....it has to have a relation to actual levels of distortion present....Agreed but I think several replies here are simply trying to say that the link is not as strong as you suggest. Otherwise people ... | |
| How important is S/N Ratio....? Just what does above quote mean in standard English? I tried to say that noise at specific frequencies and that may be modulated by the music signal is far worse then just background wide spectrum random hiss...This is why tape and vinyl works we... | |
| How important is S/N Ratio....? But let's ponder this.....if distortion effects what we hear......wouldn't the S/N....true measurement...measure the distortion present in the amplifier.What I am saying is that S/N on its own is pretty meaningless(unless it is really bad and the... | |
| How important is S/N Ratio....? if it is just thermal background white noise that is totally unrelated to the audio signal then you have a great piece of gear I thought I would add that this is why analog tape hiss or Vinyl road noise (apart from wow and flutter) is not a big d... | |
| ? Modded Oppo 983 ? Yes, having its own power supply and chassis to isolate it from the vibration producing transport is a positive side of a stand alone DAC, not to mention the added versatility I don't think it is the mechanical vibration isolation that is so much... | |
| How important is S/N Ratio....? Be careful as there is no defined way to measure this - it is the noise with respect to a "reference level". If you stick to pro audio gear than the S/N ratio on balanced outputs is usually referenced to 1.23 Volts. If you use consumer RCA then S/... | |
| Long Coaxial audio run? Undertow,I think you are right on. I use five megachangers to feed a DAC for a total cost that is still way less than that of a high end player. The sound is probably 9/10ths as good but most important is that I get to hear my music instead of fig... | |
| Correction of room acoustics. E-traps? Kr4,Perhaps I am a bit overzealous compared to most people on distortion. For example, I would like an acoustic drum set or a double bass to sound like well er actually an acoustic drum set or a double bass - and not something else altogether diff... | |
| Correction of room acoustics. E-traps? How can the E-trap add audible distortion at higher frequencies when (1) it is not in the signal path and (2) it is sharply frequency limited by design? Good question.(1) It is in the signal path in the sense that it is making acoustically audibl... | |
| Long Coaxial audio run? Undertow,Yes and No. In theory Yes. In practice sometimes NO - as the bursts required for USB operation may feedback through the power supply to make the DAC inside the USB device more jittery than an equivalent AES/EBU or Toslink setup. Unfortuna... | |
| Long Coaxial audio run? Is USB effected by all this "Jitter" for example a laptop connected to a USB Dac with like a 15 foot USB Cable etcÂ…? No it should not be - USB is sending "data" without a timing signal. Jitter has no affect on data. You can copy a CD a million ti... |