In Reply to: RE: Windows or Apple for 2014/15? posted by Mercman on September 16, 2014 at 07:49:48:
I read the manual. The description of clock circuitry and optimizations didn't make a lot of sense to me. It could be a poorly written manual, or perhaps it could be a design problem in the DAC's phase lock loop circuitry. Another curious thing is the implication that "Exact" mode will improve sound quality when on USB. Assuming the product implements asynchonous USB the only relevant clock is the local DAC clock, i.e. the clock mode should automatically be "exact" when on USB. (I note that with my DAC the choice of clock modes goes away when operating over USB as this is asynchonous.)
Did you try different clock modes over USB? Did they work? Was there a difference in sound quality? Did you try different computer optimizations or the lack thereof to see what the ill effects were?
Tony Lauck
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- RE: Windows or Apple for 2014/15? - Tony Lauck 09/18/1410:50:06 09/18/14 (9)
- Windows? - Roseval 00:23:04 09/19/14 (6)
- Here's my understanding (based on Wikipedia) of why buffering on DAC side is irrelevant - carcass93 09:27:47 09/19/14 (4)
- RE: Here's my understanding (based on Wikipedia) of why buffering on DAC side is irrelevant - Tony Lauck 10:36:08 09/19/14 (3)
- RE: Here's my understanding (based on Wikipedia) of why buffering on DAC side is irrelevant - Roseval 12:24:04 09/19/14 (0)
- One thing to add is that there are multiple stages of buffering on computer side. - carcass93 11:41:12 09/19/14 (1)
- RE: One thing to add is that there are multiple stages of buffering on computer side. - Tony Lauck 12:10:45 09/19/14 (0)
- RE: Windows? - Tony Lauck 07:22:43 09/19/14 (0)
- RE: Windows or Apple for 2014/15? - AbeCollins 18:24:51 09/18/14 (0)
- RE: Windows or Apple for 2014/15? - Mercman 14:31:12 09/18/14 (0)