Benchmarking (a listening session)

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USB offers the ability to use the DAC's internal clock to limit jitter that is associated with the signal from a streamer.
This is just maketing though, if you use USB the DAC's internal clock makes zero difference. We discussed this recenty here.
 

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This is just maketing though, if you use USB the DAC's internal clock makes zero difference. We discussed this recenty here.
Certainly possible. I don't know other than what I've been told, but it makes sense. I'm under the assumption that when a DAC uses USB from a streamer the signal enters a brief "cache" where it is slightly delayed and reclocked by the DAC. The other connections don't "benefit" from this. Again, this is MY understanding of the process.
 
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The problem with demos is that everything is unknown: the room, the speakers, the electronics...
I agree completely. @DomT and I were just discussing this. It's hard to understand without a comparison, especially to your own gear. Like most of us, we try and tailor make the sound to our ears in our rooms -- I'm rarely impressed with systems in shops because I don't live there. What I do notice is the idea of scale, presence, impact, speed and dynamics of the speakers.
 
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