In Reply to: Review DACs with bad transports, not good transports. posted by Tony Lauck on April 5, 2012 at 09:23:11:
IME, there are no technologies that deliver "input and clock circuits that work well", at least nothing that can compete with a good fixed oscillator driving an async USB or network interface. Sabre is probably one of the best, and it still benefits from a low-jitter source.
Even if the DAC did perfect rejection, you would be tied to the jitter of the internal clock in that DAC. What if they picked a poor one? Nothing you can do, short of modding it.
I would rather see lots of DACs that can benefit over time from newer clocking technologies as they evolve, whether by upgrades or external converters. Lots of folks with older and even recent DACs that are getting more mileage due to newer technologies. If you like the sound of your DAC, isnt it more compelling to make it sound even better rather than going through the pain of selecting a new one?
Steve N.
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