Popular Post unbalanced output Posted June 4, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2017 Just opened this thread by accident. The discussion here resembles the one about class D amps. Somehow people get obsessed with meaningless measurements performed with inadequate equipment and who fail to appreciate how hard it is to switch from D to A world. The idea of the Regen is a great one, however it has its application. It will not improve every system, it will not be seen on many generic measurement tests. Disclaimer: I currently own no Uptone audio products nor I believe the Regen is needed for my DAC, however I can only be thankful for them that this option is there for those who may profit from it MikeyFresh, Booster MPS, Daudio and 1 other 4 Link to comment
unbalanced output Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 @jabbr, the idea is good however it may be trickier than it seems. When calculating an FFT, you're implicitly smoothing out the effects of jitter since a typical FFT algorithm will assume nojitter in its own time increment. It seems to me you have to be significantly below the jitter error of the clocks youre trying to measure (i.e. with and without Regen) in order to get meaningful results. Just for the sake of demonstration, one could intentionally pick a bad clock. Im not sure if artificially adding jitter to the signal would be representative since it would never be a truly random sinal, however it would be a fun thing to do in the end. Link to comment
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