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RE: In theory, I would have to agree

Posted by Roseval (A) on July 30, 2008 at 15:32:17

In Reply to: In theory, I would have to agree posted by dsdreamer on July 30, 2008 at 14:20:00:

I can feed the Benchmark by USB and by S/PDIF (optical)
The same PC feeding the same bits in 2 different ways to the same input jitter immune DAC. I heard distinct differences, the USB is more dynamic, the optical more transparent.
A couple of weeks later I repeated the A/B comparison, couldn’t hear any difference at all.
This is typical for a listening test, there is a strong subjective element in it. Sometimes you hear a world of difference, the other time you don’t.
The only way to make sure is an ABX test. I never did as in practice the difference is to small to bother if you are listening to music instead of your equipment.

I’m inclined to say that a jitter reducing device in combination with a input jitter immune DAC makes no sense. In principle it shouldn’t make any difference at all.
If the DIP does a couple of things more like sample rate conversion, it might yield a difference in sound as different algorithms might produce a different sound
The Well Tempered Computer

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