Thanks, Bob. Yes, I’m familiar with jitter, can hear it, and do experience problems from it when I take my computer’s scratch tracks into a studio. But some sound cards have or support word clocks and are rock-solid on spec with no jitter. I agree, if a stand-alone DAC can overcome this, that’s great.

The OP is making claims about better sound. I hope that’s true and I would love to hear why. I doubt many people could hear the difference in jitter between a DAC and a typical sound card, and even if they can, it’s not in the category of stereo widening or some sort of tonal enhancement (or whatever the enhancement actually is).

Sorry, not yet convinced this is a good thing for mixing and mastering except for less jitter if in fact that’s the case.

Again, it reminds me of an old SoundBlaster running that horrid EAX, or the dubious claims made about BBE hardware. I do hope I’m wrong.

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