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Yes, although due to the large current spikes from the CPU or other onboard digital logic, and very fast edge rates, power supply ripple or ground bounce could theoretically affect the sound card's power/ground rails, thereby affecting the sound card's oscillator. In the case of WAV, with an efficient algorithm basically the data just needs to be streamed to the sound card, whereas with FLAC there is a little bit of decoding required. It's a long shot to say the least, but I haven't seen any good measurements either way, so suspended judgement is called for.
Originally Posted by DayoftheGreek /img/forum/go_quote.gif If the info is buffered, the jitter from the decode wouldn't matter at all right? Please stop saying open minded for things like 1+1=3. |
Yes, although due to the large current spikes from the CPU or other onboard digital logic, and very fast edge rates, power supply ripple or ground bounce could theoretically affect the sound card's power/ground rails, thereby affecting the sound card's oscillator. In the case of WAV, with an efficient algorithm basically the data just needs to be streamed to the sound card, whereas with FLAC there is a little bit of decoding required. It's a long shot to say the least, but I haven't seen any good measurements either way, so suspended judgement is called for.