[sdiy] oscillator jitter / phase noise

[Cornutt, David K]

> From: René Schmitz [mailto:uzs159 at uni-bonn.de]
> I would suggest to the lab equipement turned off, and _listen_ first.

True enough, listening is important (well duh, it's only
the whole point of the thing :-), but you have to be careful
about making statements like this because, taken to its
conclusion, it leads to subjectivism.  Next thing you know,
you're taking green Sharpies to all of your CDs.

Lab equipment tells us *why* one thing sounds better
or different than something else, so that next time
we know how to do it better.  It also exposes charlatans
and eliminates personal biases.  We've all seen reports
of "golden ears" that couldn't distinguish between their
pet $4000 mega-monster speaker wires and a set of battery
jumper cables in a blind A/B test.  Subjectivism has been
a blot on high-end audio for two decades now; let's not
let it mess up electronic music.