Hi,
The marantz CD-67se has a HIGH stock jitter rate (around 650-700picoseconds), and is not a true 16 bit output cd player in its stock form, but rather around a 14 bit unit. So this means you are not extracting a certain amount of detail and resolution (not hearing all the music and missing alot of info), thus feeding into the Lite DAC-AH dont expect any miracles to happen. The best thing to do FIRST is to upgrade the clock in the Marantz CD-67se to a aftermarket low jitter type. Then your experience w ...
Hi Doug, Question about jitter rate in other digital sources like computers. Many (if not most) modern motherboards have at least optical toslink outputs controlled by onboard audio devices like Realtek.
How much jitter do you suspect one of these toslink devices have for use with an offboard DAC? Or at least, how much loss of detail can you expect compared to using something like a USB device?
I compared an onboard Intel toslink to an M-Audio Delta DIO with a CAL Sigma-Ii 24/94 via a glass optical cable and found little difference allthgouh there was some added sense of air, it was nearly insignificant.
There was also not much of a difference (although more) between that and using a Denon 2900 via an MIT T3 digital coaxial to the same DAC.
I’m shopping a DAC for my PC and have been torn between a cheap’ish DAC like the one mentioned in this thread, a NOS (Scott Nixon style) USB DAC and a used and even quite old DAC that was stellar (Wadia, Meridian and such) 10+ years ago that cost $2500 or more and sell today for around $500.
What’s your thoughts?
