Genesis Time Lens

Rich - lower jitter will always make an improvement in the system sound, no matter what DAC you use.

The Time lens is designed as a large buffer that buffers an entire track, and multiple tracks. It is designed so that worst-case a full CD of tracks will still not overflow the buffer even if the difference in clock frequency between the CD player and the TL is at the maximum.

Playlists are another thing. There is no limit to the number of tracks that you can put in a playlist. Also, computer device outputs are often much further out of spec for frequency than CD players, based on my measurements, so it is fairly easy to overflow the buffer in the TL. IF this happens, you will not get jitter rejection and likely a lot of noise.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

There is one particular bunion that never seems to go away. Don't you have a life?

My life is undressing you to all the hobbiests here for the self serving poster that you are. You can add value here, explain things, help people but all you do is tell everyone your stuff is better, 30 days free trial, blah blah blah. Why dont you look at other manufacturers contributions here and maybe (MAYBE, but I doubt it), you will see how pathetic you look. You can't make a post without toting your product. Do you not notice that you are the only manufacturer that does that?

Cerrot,

Don't take this the wrong way, but people like you always want everything both ways. You have a problem with Steve for discussing and recommending his products when he feels the discussion warrants it. This is something Audiogon allows, so he's not breaking any rules here. If he were to instead, not involve himself in any of the discussions, and make himself less available to potential and actual customers, you would complain that he's a typical high end audio thief, and takes the money and runs. Not caring about anyone or anything but himself.

So, given that, why do you feel the Audiogon community needs (and wants) you to undress him to everyone here? Most people here already know who he is and don't have an issue with him. Also, I see plenty of threads where he contributes without bringing up his products. Not that it even matters.

Using a reclocker introduces an additional cable into the equation. Before and after.

All this equal, are both cables jut as important or does the reclocker buffer clean the jitter up?