Quote Originally Posted by Mike Anderson
You understand that jitter is a result of inaccuracies in synchronizing the clock signal, right? And you understand that the clock signal is embedded in the SPDIF signal, right?

Well then you can see that it's impossible for the computer to be a source of jitter in my setup, because the computer is not generating any SPDIF signal, and hence it is not generating any clock signal.

All the computer is doing is storing the song files, and sending the files over a network to another device where the SPDIF signal gets generated from scratch. The files aren't even decoded by the computer -- in my setup the computer holds FLAC files (with a small handful of MP3s). These are compressed files, and don't get decoded until they get to a device that is about 20 feet away from the computer.

So please explain, how can the computer possibly be a source of jitter when it isn't generating a clock signal, and when it's 20 feet away from the place where the clock signal is generated?
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