I believe it to be difficult for hobbyists to determine exactly what they want or need in their stereos, especially in an age where most consumers will make purchases via the internet rather than making comparisons in the dealers show room.
This is precisely why I’m doing these jitter measurements and trying to correlate them to sound quality. If a measurement can be proven to be useful, then no amount of snake-oil claims can compete with it. After all, marketing BS is what is mostly written about cables. Most cable manufacturers don’t put ANY measurements on their sites. I’m trying to improve that situation.
gdhal - If I could significantly improve my system dynamics, imaging and clarity for $275, I would jump at this. Chump-change, besides it’s 30-day money-back.
I recently got a IFI SPDIF iPurifier for my Home Theater. Another no-brainer. I lowers jitter for Dolby Digital and DTS for $150. Improves movies significantly. I can finally hear all of the quiet dialogue in the starting scene of "Gravity". The movie makes sense now. I prefer my Synchro-Mesh for 2-channel.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
