[sdiy] oscillator jitter / phase noise

[harrybissell]

"Pedo" phile and "Necro" phile are usually considered perversions...
so what should we make of "Audio" phile ???     ;^P

H^) harry

"Cornutt, David K" wrote:

> > 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.