I find coax to sound faster and more open than optical, but I have to admit my own prejudices of optical , I have herd it sound very good with all glass cable.
But I choose coax every time.
I find coax to sound faster and more open than optical, but I have to admit my own prejudices of optical , I have herd it sound very good with all glass cable.
But I choose coax every time.
Jeff :UBERTHREADKILLER
Mana Acoustics Racks / Bright Star IsoNodes Decoupling >> Allo DigiOne Player >> Pedja Rogic's Audial Model S DAC + Pioneer PL-71 turntable / Vista Audio phono-1 mk II / Denon PCL-5 headshell / Reson Reca >> LFD DLS >> LFD PA2M (SE) >> Royd RR3s.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Yep, if you want to hear jitter, put a tight bend in an optical cable, it sounds like a FM radio station at the point of loosing signal, fffft,fffft,fffft! It's a very fast fall out repeated rapidly. I once bent a cheap monster optical in half to see if it really mattered. IT DID,A LOT!
Jeff :UBERTHREADKILLER
There is a difference between hearing clearly audible jitter distortion effects, and the more subtle ones. Sometimes when people upgrade their CDPs with new clocks they can find it a bit ‘sharp’ and ‘clinical’, preferring the previous higher jitter clock.
Mana Acoustics Racks / Bright Star IsoNodes Decoupling >> Allo DigiOne Player >> Pedja Rogic's Audial Model S DAC + Pioneer PL-71 turntable / Vista Audio phono-1 mk II / Denon PCL-5 headshell / Reson Reca >> LFD DLS >> LFD PA2M (SE) >> Royd RR3s.
Purely CABLE talking on my simple analogue phono set-up I would say it's logically where it passes first in the chain; the tonearm cables. Then IMHO it should be the speaker's cables. But all in between if there's more as well...
- Cart Denon DL-102 in bakelite Ortofon SPU 'G' type headshell
- TA SME 3009 'Improved' converted in heavy mass with detachable headshell
- TT Thorens TD160 'E' totally tweaked driven by an 'Eagle & RoadRunner' PSU & tachometer combo
- Matts top to bottom: leather, cork, felt & 12" vinyl
- Pre-amp 'Modulis' Isem
- Amp 'Exampli' Etalon 2x40W
- Speakers 12" Leak 'Sandwich' first generation creatively recapped
I have a link to the research on my home pc, I'll stick it up when I get home (if I remember).
The short answer is you need a lot for it to be audible. No CD player will have audible jitter so whatever the reason(s) people hear differences after installing after market clocks in their players a reduction in audible jitter won't be one of them. The very best professional RTR machines will have jitter levels an order of magnitude above the most basic of cd players, and vinyl even more. But oddly it's only cd players where it is claimed to have any effect on the sound.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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Speakers: Oris Swing MkII
Amps: Thomas Mayer 300b/ Hiraga La Maison de L'Audiophile 20
Preamp: Silver AVC by eng. Ferenc Lazar
Phono Preamp: Shishido LCR by Solaja Audio
Decks: Garrard 301 Martin Bastin reworked/plinthed with Fidelity Research FR64fx
Garrard 401 in eng Ferenc Lazar solid wenge plinth with SME 3012/2
Cartridges: SPU Spirit/ Koetsu Black revisited by eng. Salai/ Miyajima Shilabe
Step Up Transformers: Tango MCT 999/ Ortofon T-5000/ Lumiere SUT
Digital: Shigaclone by eng. Ferenc Lazar with Lampizator Amber II
Wires: of sufficient length
Here's the research:
http://www.ultrahighendreview.com/up..._on_Jitter.pdf
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.