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sound of jitter

Hi guys, I wonder, how does jitter actually sound? Is it a sort of coloration that gives a nasty hard edge to the music or just the opposite (warm, glowing tube-like character, hehe). Is the ugly sound which emanates from the early CDP's (from the 80's) only contributable to jitter? What is your opinion: is jitter the only shortcoming which keeps CD's from sounding analoge-like? If this is the case, a zero jitter CDP should sound similar to good analoge.
dazzdax
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onhwy61
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Eliminating jitter will not result in what audiophiles consider analog sound. There are any number of D/A converters and other outboard devices that reclock the incoming digital datastream and thereby eliminate jitter, yet they don't sound analog like.
makersmark
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Take a highball glass and then put in three ice cubes. Put in a large amount of bourbon. Pick-up glass. Shake hand from side to side in short quick movements. That is jitter. Cure for jitter? Drink glass full of bourbon.
elizabeth
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Jitter leaves the music slightly fuzzy, notes do not have a perfect 'feel'. Subtle, like the sheen on the violin section of an orchestra. But once you recognize it, you will have a hard time ignoring it. So forget looking for it if you do not know what it is!
Ignorance is bliss!!!
audioengr
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Onhwy61 - these devices usually reduce jitter, they do not eliminate it.

Jitter can sound like high-frequency sibilance or like echoes or halos around the instruments.
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