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Re: Sony PCM-D100

Subject: Re: Sony PCM-D100
From: madl74
Date: Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:33 am ((PDT))
> BTW, is DSD a 'must have' feature and how does it improve the sound? What=
 editing SW can deal with DSD?

Greg,

Basically no. It is a Sony system which more or less eliminates
digital "jitter" and quantising noise caused by uneven arithmetic between,=

say 011111111111111 and 100000000000000 and 100000000000001 (one bit is the=

parity bit)

It is the digital equivalent of pulse width modulation at video sampling
rates. On a recorder costing less than 4 $digits, you are not going to hear=

the difference. Wildlife recordists have bigger problems outdoors and
passing planes are not going to sound better. :-)

David Brinicombe







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