On 01.04.2016 01:22, Will Godfrey wrote: > As part of our quest for the best possible sound we are planning an enhancement > that passes bits through a grading process (the well known 'Enharmonic Bit > Comparator' - version 33)* thus ensuring that any bit asymmetry is removed. > In laymans terms, this has a heater to agitate the bits, then an amplifier to > highlight the errors, and rectifiers to remove them. Symmetrical bits produce > significantly less quantum noise so reduce the possibility of alignment > boundary collisions, giving a much warmer, smoother presentation. > > Such advanced technology has a cost of course, so to gain the greatest benefit > from this process it is necessary for Yoshimi to now use only audiophile grade > bits, rather than the standard ones and zeros present in ordinary programs. Bit > quality is heavily dependent on the source so we recently did a line-by-line > review of the code, feeding it to our Delta Orthogonal Grader. > > Finally, there is the open-source BitShine engine (BS). This 'clarifies' > individual zeroes and ones passing through it, making them sharper, so should > give greater precision when passed on to the DA converter. This is available > under the 'Multi User Grant' license. As it appears to be GPL compatible we are > looking at it for possible inclusion. > > I should point out that there is only a narrow window for discussion as we > expect to be committed by lunch time today. > > > > * EBC33 - Mullard > > I'm very sceptical to say the least! So far none of these modern computation methods could convince me. Furthermore, it is common knowledge that tube-calculated bits are indeed the better sounding bits. That's why I will always keep running jackd on my compact mainframe. Exactly how my ancestors did! Here's someones father adjusting the jack-patchbay via MotifJackCtl http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/HtmlHelp/Images2/eniac3.gif Thanks for starting this Mathias _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
