tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post2670002595824202128..comments2024-03-28T00:31:13.472-07:00Comments on <em>Archimago's Musings</em>: MUSINGS: Cable Claims, Testimony ("Buyer's Guide") & Sponsored Content...Archimagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-15359132470873381002017-06-17T09:24:00.824-07:002017-06-17T09:24:00.824-07:00Hi AI,
You're right, SPDIF and AES are actuall...Hi AI,<br />You're right, SPDIF and AES are actually perfectly fine! There is simply more variability in the jitter and as Solderdude below notes, it's really in the implementation.<br />Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-37262548636206855242017-06-17T01:24:38.882-07:002017-06-17T01:24:38.882-07:00SPDIF works fine in most cases but the implementat...SPDIF works fine in most cases but the implementation of the receiver is important.<br />The disadvantage of SPDIF is that it is a combined signal (clock + data) where the clock has to be recovered. <br />This means that bandwidth limited induced jitter is lurking and can affect the retreived clock jitter. Again ... very important ... it's the actual DAC's receiver and how they handle solderdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391699689539064581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-74222316796443804212017-06-16T17:47:34.340-07:002017-06-16T17:47:34.340-07:00Archimago,
Please do not add to the perception th...Archimago,<br /><br />Please do not add to the perception that SPDIF (and it's cousin AES) is inadequate for audio. It is perfectly fine. You point out that it is technically inferior without much qualification at the top of this article.<br /><br />I have the bad feeling that SPDIF and AES interfaces are being squeezed out ironically because they make less money for placebo dealers. It&#Audio Investigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17831968195627932789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-46824360750300220962017-04-10T13:53:40.360-07:002017-04-10T13:53:40.360-07:00I hope they stay far, far away and over time perha...I hope they stay far, far away and over time perhaps we'll have the good fortune to see other cable types fall out of favour from silver-tongued hype.<a href="http://www.consumerisminc.com" rel="nofollow">Consumerism Inc.</a><br />Alex monerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02635328221496286054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-23817262241409724192016-08-19T21:39:50.586-07:002016-08-19T21:39:50.586-07:00Wow that's a wonderfull blog having all detail...Wow that's a wonderfull blog having all details & helpful. <a href="http://www.cnstrongpower.com/" rel="nofollow">China Power Cord</a><br />Cn Strong Powerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13900530635547984206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-51065058565513046292016-08-19T21:36:17.289-07:002016-08-19T21:36:17.289-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cn Strong Powerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13900530635547984206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-22053644527771969832016-03-19T14:16:30.310-07:002016-03-19T14:16:30.310-07:00I'm game...
Answer 1: It shouldn't unless...I'm game...<br /><br />Answer 1: It shouldn't unless something is really wrong with the mains power supply (lots of transients etc) or when the equipment used is highly susceptible to nasties riding on the mains and there is lots of it that it becomes audible.<br /><br />1b: Will electrons travel relatively faster near the equator and is this audible ?<br /><br />Answer 2: When you live solderdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391699689539064581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-9474956503448137302016-03-19T12:24:46.125-07:002016-03-19T12:24:46.125-07:00Question 1: Does a power cleaner make any audible ...Question 1: Does a power cleaner make any audible difference? Apart from cables, Hifi dealers want to sell you such devices. I use a 220V amp with a transformer ($35 at the time) to bring the voltage down to 110 V and my amp sounds the same in Europe and Canada. Despite the different alignment of air molecules on either side of Greenwich. But if I used a real power cleaner, would it eliminate theBrausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064434116452610480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-45242881824063376562016-03-14T05:38:03.869-07:002016-03-14T05:38:03.869-07:00Brilliant articulate article!
Coaxial SPDIF cables...Brilliant articulate article!<br />Coaxial SPDIF cables all sound different because the cable impedance varies and the connector and receiver impedance varies. This means that some cables will match better with some equipment than others. But ultimately Toslink is better because it provides galvanic isolation. I think the cable industry relies on the concept of "a change is as good as a Agent 86https://www.blogger.com/profile/09708997392597663524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-85171430583549694862016-03-10T18:39:13.293-08:002016-03-10T18:39:13.293-08:00Thanks Charles. Yes.
It could be extremely danger...Thanks Charles. Yes.<br /><br />It could be extremely dangerous to have the "inconvenient truth" be revealed that for the *vast majority* of cases, cables in an audiophile system may just make no difference to jitter performance. No magazine would *ever* want to make advertisers feel bad about the "performance" of their products or whittle away even more of the faithful few Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-1445327551846896532016-03-10T18:21:46.808-08:002016-03-10T18:21:46.808-08:00:-)
Good luck in the ongoing fight Squid!:-)<br /><br />Good luck in the ongoing fight Squid!Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-91903647924887652932016-03-10T18:20:28.754-08:002016-03-10T18:20:28.754-08:00Hi Frans.
Indeed, that the idea of being "pr...Hi Frans.<br /><br />Indeed, that the idea of being "preached to by the choir" is very much a problem here, isn't it?Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-32647394830140068512016-03-09T04:14:47.522-08:002016-03-09T04:14:47.522-08:00"Perhaps one of the audiophile magazines coul..."Perhaps one of the audiophile magazines could take on the task of unpacking the above information and presenting it to the general public"<br /><br />But ... that would involve writing an article that said the readers _didn't_ have to worry about using fancy ultra-low-jitter connections! I think we can all see the problem here. And Heaven forbid they mention that all this jitter Charles Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657251150380437112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-37043338173748368962016-03-07T06:04:14.169-08:002016-03-07T06:04:14.169-08:00Wonderful to read this. I'm a fellow audio eng...Wonderful to read this. I'm a fellow audio engineer and absolutely disgusted by the direct lies the snakeoil companies are telling and the corruption of audiophile magazines. The fact is that if they don't meaure them in any way, it is not crdible review. If nothing else, to confirm that the specs are what manufacturers says they are.. Oh wait, these aholes, AQ, nordost etc do not even SquidCapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399471221806606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-39754507890385120062016-03-06T12:08:35.057-08:002016-03-06T12:08:35.057-08:00SPDIF via RCA can be isolated by the way but gener...SPDIF via RCA can be isolated by the way but generally isn't. Inputs or outputs using a coupling transformer are galvanically separated but still have a poor HF damping. One (or more) ferrites can help here.<br /><br />Jitter (and cables) are BIG business where lots of money IS (easily) made.<br />The majority of people really WANT to believe everything related to it.<br />Their ears tell solderdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391699689539064581noreply@blogger.com