In Reply to: So posted by fmak on July 9, 2012 at 09:47:39:
If a computers make acoustic noise and this is deemed to affect the sound adversely then it should be moved out of the listening room or replaced with silent equipment. If a computer generates SPDIF then it contains a sample clock and can affect the sound. There is little reason to configure a computer this way, however. If a computer is performing DSP (intentionally or unintentionally) then it definitely affects the sound, and presumably the user can configure this for advantageous use or else disable it.
Apart from the above considerations, the computer is not in the audio signal path and there is no reason why it should affect the sound. If it does so it is only indirectly by creating a noisy electrical environment for the DAC and amplifiers. With good equipment any differences here should be small, minute in fact compare to a slight change in recording technique or a slight adjustment of speaker position. There are people who worry about these minute changes, but IMO most of them suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder.
Tony Lauck
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Follow Ups
- RE: So - Tony Lauck 14:16:07 07/09/12 (32)
- RE: Just so!! - mr.bear 11:22:30 07/10/12 (0)
- Simplistic - fmak 15:24:00 07/09/12 (1)
- RE: Simplistic - Tony Lauck 16:29:38 07/09/12 (0)
- "differences here should be small, minute ..." - in a fantasy world, yes. - carcass93 15:24:00 07/09/12 (28)
- RE: "differences here should be small, minute ..." - in a fantasy world, yes. - fmak 23:22:35 07/09/12 (3)
- bits are bits - this is used for convenience - Dynobot 11:38:21 07/10/12 (2)
- RE: bits are bits - this is used for convenience - Tony Lauck 15:41:16 07/10/12 (0)
- it is easily proven that bits are bits - bwb 14:31:57 07/10/12 (0)
- RE: "differences here should be small, minute ..." - in a fantasy world, yes. - Tony Lauck 16:43:32 07/09/12 (7)
- Your 1st paragraph - yes, I've heard that before. - carcass93 08:51:36 07/10/12 (0)
- They are the result of some combination of poor or defective equipment, cabling, or system setup. - Sordidman 08:49:53 07/10/12 (4)
- RE: They are the result of some combination of poor or defective equipment, cabling, or system setup. - Tony Lauck 09:24:28 07/10/12 (3)
- System setup, different goals, different music types and rooms - Sordidman 13:17:49 07/10/12 (2)
- Absolutely! My amp, for instance, favors these things heavily: - carcass93 14:08:03 07/10/12 (1)
- Ha!! Killing me man, Killing me!! :-) -t - Sordidman 14:53:24 07/10/12 (0)
- You - fmak 23:24:47 07/09/12 (0)
- RE: "differences here should be small, minute ..." - in a fantasy world, yes. - AbeCollins 15:46:24 07/09/12 (15)
- I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Dynobot 05:01:45 07/10/12 (14)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Tony Lauck 08:51:20 07/10/12 (11)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Dynobot 09:33:45 07/10/12 (10)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Tony Lauck 11:04:15 07/10/12 (9)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Dynobot 11:24:29 07/10/12 (8)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Tony Lauck 12:19:43 07/10/12 (7)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - mschneider 10:40:24 07/11/12 (1)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Tony Lauck 11:20:23 07/11/12 (0)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Dynobot 13:33:49 07/10/12 (4)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Tony Lauck 15:15:18 07/10/12 (3)
- Linux Not Bit-Perfect .....HUH??!??!?! - Dynobot 17:15:20 07/10/12 (2)
- please clarify how your tests prove bit perfect - bwb 17:57:33 07/10/12 (1)
- I hear Dynobot rapping....... - AbeCollins 19:17:48 07/10/12 (0)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - AbeCollins 08:23:39 07/10/12 (1)
- RE: I have to Agree With Fmak and Carcass - Dynobot 08:57:06 07/10/12 (0)