jitter reduction?

"They used headphones in listening tests so loud speaker distortion was not an issue (most loud speaker distortion would probably make it even harder to hear jitter"

Headphones???

I used to believe that headphones were better than speakers, but not anymore. I have attended headphone shows and tried the best of the best. My ribbons sound better and give more detail and 3-D imaging than the best headphones available. The sibilance from jitter I have found to be more obvious in a system that images properly. Headphones dont image.

It's like trying to identify a flaw in a 2-D photograph versus a 3-D live image. Much easier to pick out the flaw in a 3-D presentation. IME the brain uses its best sensing capability in stereo, both audio and visual.

Steve N.

I don't doubt that a ribbon would likely make jitter distortion all the more audible. I am just surprised that a ribbon would be regarded as a reference source for listening for jitter distortion. Dome tweeters in general have much lower distortion. Given distortion is cumulative would it not be better to use a dome tweeter?

I can easily hear the effects of jitter with either dome tweeter or a good ribbon. The point that I was making is that true stereo improves your odds for hearing jitter easily using lots of different source material.