![]() ![]() Jitter is supposedly produced by digital storage hardware, creating variations in the bitstream that changes the sound waveform itself (although there are also thoughts that jitter is fixed and is part of the actual disc itself in varying levels and that it is pressed into the disc during imperfect duplication). ![]() Jitter is an odd thing – it sounds odd too. ![]() The thorny issue of jitter is also addressed by Audiolab. Which is a big relief.īetter still, in operation, the transport uses built-in memory that reads ahead to reduce errors. Thankfully, the Audiolab removes this sort of palaver. Anything else and the transport would spit out the disc. For example, I remember one example from the past that will remain nameless where you had to rest the CD in the slot. Some work when they want to and others demand that you play out a strange dance if you want to listen to your CD with any sort of success. I’ve had a love-hate relationship with slot-type transports in the past. It also uses the same slot-type transport as seen on the 8300CD (which is priced around the £1,000 mark). That includes separating an integrated CD player into a transport and DAC. You can apply the same theory to any component in the hi-fi chain. Separate the power amp into two separate monoblocks and sound quality takes a further hike upwards. Why? Because you’ve isolated the pre-amp bit from the power amp bit. ![]() So, for example, there’s plenty of great integrated amps out there but there’s even better sounding pre-amp/power amp combos out there too. Isolate a hi-fi component and it will reward you with better sound. Hi-fi components much prefer to be separate and alone. The trouble is, hi-fi components don’t like being placed in close proximity with each other because of cross contamination of electrical noise that results in a veiling of subtle and nuanced information. Headphone amps have DACs, integrated amps include Bluetooth, turntables feature USB plugs and phono amps and so it goes. So all-in-one units are in vogue but cross-over components are very common indeed. ![]()
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