From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 16 20:57:55 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F61106564A for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:57:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de [217.11.53.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E1D88FC0A for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:57:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p4FC43CC0.dip.t-dialin.net [79.196.60.192]) by mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4BF148448F0; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:57:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from unknown (IO.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.12]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91AEB18A0; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:57:32 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=leidinger.net; s=outgoing-alex; t=1347829052; bh=raCxFLb7MyA3olkPuGxYNA3t23TzxLldhIqurSEBJLE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=NCGUOeHqywysSJjdvn5cHeSKEquHKtwS+xPNfl4cDC2gk4ZU9SX+7MHLt9rG/bqHT UrqfSBma7fTaWrBJZrn9YrSWUbkn0TEm/z+Up8IV1WYk+0hpP8zp6Sq0S/uO4+ldSt KqA5iNXCwZibS7tzqmASuheXlBhYruTYTTtHbAaP4bA4eaIwTNKJ6YthXEcnl0S1om FXQwSN1+FkmDhPt0WZ8fSTk5hN3qXKrTJn7RPq9UNLtNQShIsqw6ZmsYpSkKcBVdOc YInHvStaTyt14xuO/v4KeeTZfH4VgWzkTY9emdh5hg+tvbm9ZTe3w6vHJmrG0AbqRM LtDvlSk9zo4jw== Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:57:32 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Stuart Barkley Message-ID: <20120916225732.00000e22@unknown> In-Reply-To: References: <4B739CF4-5D1D-4FE0-83FD-6987DCB40866@gmail.com> <201209151453.41118.hselasky@c2i.net> <50547CA3.2010209@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0cvs30 (GTK+ 2.24.10; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-EBL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-EBL-MailScanner-ID: 4BF148448F0.A1C68 X-EBL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-EBL-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, spamhaus-ZEN, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-0.723, required 6, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.00, AWL 0.39, DKIM_SIGNED 0.10, DKIM_VALID -0.10, DKIM_VALID_AU -0.10, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.01) X-EBL-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-EBL-MailScanner-Watermark: 1348433855.92006@LDZL9qItiRFRE7CFLysBcg X-EBL-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound system developement question X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:57:55 -0000 On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:01:09 -0400 (EDT) Stuart Barkley wrote: > It sounds like you have an older D/A converter (not an oversampling > converter) where jitter on the S/PDIF cable matters. Be sure to use > quality cables with solid connectors. If you are very concerned about > this, buy "monster" brand cables. Consider replacing the D/A if > jitter is still causing you problems. Do you have a link to a trustworty scientific double-blind test where a monster-cable did _not_ lose against a muuuuch cheaper cable? If not please consider to rethink the way you recommend them here. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137