CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE

[delirium]

It is!!!!!!!!
So I won't enjoy the jitter as you said because Dave is going to get rid of it.

Is mac book pro
special built to reduce jitter?

 

[x RELIC x]

So why does it get better..when i got away the laptop then?

Describe ‘better’.

Measurements from Rob show that it is jitter immune from the DPLL and Pulse Array elements. The question really is two parts:

1) What improvements are heard?

2) Can you measureably and empirically point to jitter as the reason for a difference, or is there another mechanism changing the sound between sources?

 

[doraymon]

Is mac book pro
special built to reduce jitter?

I give up

 

[delirium]

Describe ‘better’.

Measurements from Rob show that it is jitter immune from the DPLL and Pulse Array elements. The question really is two parts:

1) What improvements are heard?

2) Can you measureably and empirically point to jitter as the reason for a difference, or is there another mechanism changing the sound between sources?

More crisp tighter calm analog sound..more musical..and yes there could be other factors playing in also besides jitter?
for example: power supply. But bad power
adds jitter also....so yeh...almost everything is jitter!

 

[x RELIC x]

...almost everything is jitter!

We’ll have to agree to disagree on this statement.

 

[delirium]

More crisp tighter calm analog sound..more musical..and yes there could be other factors playing in also besides jitter?
for example: power supply

We’ll have to agree to disagree on this statement.

 

[delirium]

Time-based damage (jitter) to this information within the data package makes the sound small and flat instead of 3D, harsh and foggy instead of smooth and clear.

 

[draytonklammer]

It is not immune to jitter?????

You're a hoot.
Consider finding another thread to troll though.

On another note, I am still using optical with my DAVE (over previous USB) and it has been great. I mainly use it as Rob has suggested it to be the best input in previous posts.

 

[delirium]

You're a hoot.
Consider finding another thread to troll though.

On another note, I am still using optical with my DAVE (over previous USB) and it has been great. I mainly use it as Rob has suggested it to be the best input in previous posts.

I am not trolling!! Its my own
experience

 

[delirium]

You're a hoot.
Consider finding another thread to troll though.

On another note, I am still using optical with my DAVE (over previous USB) and it has been great. I mainly use it as Rob has suggested it to be the best input in previous posts.

What are you using it with?

 

[delirium]

With his other DACs, optical sounds best. With DAVE, USB sounds best and Rob has stated this many times. With DAVE's floating USB design, it is galvanically isolated. It is also the only input that is synchronously tied to DAVE's clock. The other inputs go through DPLL.



The dX-USB HD Ultra is another story and was purchased in anticipation of Chord's new Blu Mk 2 which was originally only going to include a SPDIF input. Amazingly, even though DAVE sounds best via USB, SOtM's clock is so good that I now have DAVE's SPDIF input sounding better than DAVE's USB input but a very good High Fidelity Cables SPDIF cable has something to do with that as well. Romaz said this

 

[draytonklammer]

With his other DACs, optical sounds best. With DAVE, USB sounds best and Rob has stated this many times. With DAVE's floating USB design, it is galvanically isolated. It is also the only input that is synchronously tied to DAVE's clock. The other inputs go through DPLL.



The dX-USB HD Ultra is another story and was purchased in anticipation of Chord's new Blu Mk 2 which was originally only going to include a SPDIF input. Amazingly, even though DAVE sounds best via USB, SOtM's clock is so good that I now have DAVE's SPDIF input sounding better than DAVE's USB input but a very good High Fidelity Cables SPDIF cable has something to do with that as well. Romaz said this

May want to run that by Rob.

I've seen multiple posts in this thread of his that favored optical.

 

[Triode User]

May want to run that by Rob.

I've seen multiple posts in this thread of his that favored optical.

I thought that RW’s most recent thoughts were that he favoured optical into Dave but of course there are other designers who might have their own differing conclusions in the optical vs usb debate. Innuos for instance are firmly behind usb.

 

[iDesign]

Rob did in fact say this:

For both tt and Dave, usb is best, closely followed by optical, then last is coax.

 

[delirium]

May want to run that by Rob.

I've seen multiple posts in this thread of his that favored optical.

Optical may be fine...but not from a laptop