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Re: My audiophile music server system

Posted by ThomasPf (A) on December 10, 2006 at 23:38:41

In Reply to: My audiophile music server system posted by Bruce-in-Philly on December 10, 2006 at 18:04:07:

Very interesting system! Have you tried Jriver Media Center for the library management I have a good experience with it. Have you checked that the output is indeed bit perfect?

If you are indeed bit perfect here is another thought that might account for the sound differences you are hearing.

When you play the CDs directly in you player the clock of the DAC is the master of the playback chain. Modern CD players work asynchronously under the control of the conversion clock.

However, when you use the digital input the crystal in the Audigy sound card is the clock master. Now it depends on the PLL and dejitter circuits in the player to recover a decent clock from the incoming digital data stream. I don't know how much effort Accuphase put into that specific aspect and so you might just be hearing much higher jitter.

Cheers

Thomas

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