On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 01:03:20 +0200, Tim Orford wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 05:42:27PM +0800, Alexander MacLennan wrote: > > Ah, I was assuming that the I/O was analogue > > yes its true that the CMI8738 is not great at analogue. But even > there it has the advantage that it doesnt have the horrendous > resampler that the Creative cards have. > > > > > But for $10US for a card based on these, would the clock be very tight? > > doubtful :-) > > but i dont imagine they could be bad enough to prevent an spdif lock, > and as long as your D/A has a decent pll to smooth out the jitter, > you should be ok. In pracice decent AD converts should be good at locking onto clocks, a couple of years ago I sent a tarball of the linux kernel saved as a redbook audio file over SPDIF (played on a cheap CD player) on a very long, out of spec coax cable to my hammerfall (as a test to make sure the cabling was OK) and it came through bit perfect. - Steve
