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Posted by audioengr (M) on December 10, 2002 at 13:16:38

In Reply to: How do you explain the sonic differences in digital cables? posted by Penguin on December 08, 2002 at 08:02:20:

There are no dropped bits once the signal is launched on the cable. Risetimes and frequency are too slow.

Jitter is caused by:
1) impedance mismatches that cause reflections that are sustained through several bit-cells
2) losses on the cable that cause shifting of edges in relative clock-time
3) dispersion caused by diectric absorption - makes the signal shift in time depending on the bit-pattern (data-dependent)