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Some kind questions about reclocking

Hi !
sorry for the very trivial questions
I have a big confusion about clock in general and reclocking in particular
A dac can use 3 different clock:
1) the one embedded with the input digital signal
2) one internal
3) one taken from an external clock generator
If i have a dac with a internal quartz and no way to select the clock source i guess the dac always reclock the incoming digital signal, if not what would be the reason of the presence of a quartz inside ?
Am i right ?
So in the end what should really matter is the quality of the dac's internal clock and not the quality of the incoming spdif signal.
Am i right again ?
Then the sound quality out of very good dacs should be quite independent from the quality of the spdif input because there will always be a "reclocking" of the digital signal in the dac.
It is very important for me to understand this because it will free me to chose even a very cheap source and focus all the attention and allocate most of the budget to get a good dac.
Thanks a lot for any kind advice.
Kind regards,
bg

Edits: 01/27/15 01/27/15 01/27/15 01/27/15

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Topic - Some kind questions about reclocking - beppe61 01:16:30 01/27/15 (13)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - audioengr 19:05:42 01/29/15 (2)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - beppe61 12:28:27 01/30/15 (1)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - audioengr 09:35:37 01/31/15 (0)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - Thorsten 05:45:28 01/27/15 (4)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - beppe61 06:27:44 01/27/15 (3)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - knewton 11:36:16 01/27/15 (2)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - beppe61 23:17:21 01/27/15 (0)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - Thorsten 19:18:26 01/27/15 (0)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - PAR 02:33:54 01/27/15 (4)

"optimise the computer before ... DAC is considered" - not necessarily before, but is equally important. - carcass93 20:05:31 01/27/15 (0)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - AbeCollins 09:40:30 01/27/15 (1)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - PAR 20:59:44 01/27/15 (0)

RE: Some kind questions about reclocking - beppe61 03:01:45 01/27/15 (0)

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