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Perfect example to prove that Transports make a huge difference is the Wadia 301 and 831, they both have the same DAC, just different cases and Transports, yet NO ONE thinks they sound the same. In theory, 0's and 1's are 0's and 1's but in theory power cords shouldn't make a difference either. What can i say?
Originally posted by aos If you pass them through asynchronous reclocker (not sample rate converter!), they are (provided the bitstream is bit perfect, i.e. non-scratched CDs or error correction working fine, none of which should be an issue). In practice you might get secondary effects that would still make a measurable difference (i.e. jitter rejection is not infinite especially in < 1kHz range), signal always makes it way backwards from chips to power rails to other chips after reclocker etc.). But with ideal hardware you'd get signals that are identical in time domain (i.e. literally identical). I'm not very good at hearing very subtle differences (I can hear different cables but it is not obvious; replacing clock in a cd player with low jitter one was quite obvious though) but I should test this theory in practice as I have one of those reclocking DACs. |
Perfect example to prove that Transports make a huge difference is the Wadia 301 and 831, they both have the same DAC, just different cases and Transports, yet NO ONE thinks they sound the same. In theory, 0's and 1's are 0's and 1's but in theory power cords shouldn't make a difference either. What can i say?