what is the difference between non-oversampling and oversampling in a dac?

[AndreYew]

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Originally Posted by SunByrne Couldn't jitter be solved in principle by buffering the incoming bits, then reading from the buffer using the same clock as the D/A converter?

CD players do it one better: the drive can be slaved to the DAC clock, and there are already plenty of buffers between the drive and the DAC due to CD's encoding. The problem is getting that clock to the DAC intact. Electrical noise from other parts of the CD player can affect the clock. Circuit board layout, power supply structure, etc. become very important, and probably affects the quality of a design more than whatever parts are used.

--Andre

 

[gevorg]

With all these technical ideas/issues aside, what is the typical audible difference between oversampling and non-oversampling DACs? Have anybody had both in their system and noticed any special attributes of either one?

 

[Konig]

not everyone had a major in physics u know.... The person that had started the thread hasnt even replied once....CAn u please translate those physics into something more understandable??