How do DDCs improve audio? (Denafrips Hermes, Pi2AES, Schiit Eitr, ifi Igalvanic)

Come chat on discord: https://www.thegoldenone.co.uk Support me on patreon:   / goldensound   (or subscribestar) https://www.subscribestar.com/goldens... (All links are un-affiliated) Ropieee: https://ropieee.org/ Denafrips Hermes: https://www.vinshineaudio.com/product... Pi2AES: https://www.pi2design.com/pi2aes.html ifi iGalvanic: https://ifi-audio.com/products/nano-i... Schiit Eitr: https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=sc... SMS200 Ultra: https://www.sotm-audio.com/sotmwp/eng... 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Devices included in video 01:48 - Data Integrity 02:30 - Electrical Noise 03:30 - Evidence of performance impact due to noise 05:30 - Jitter / Timing of data 07:28 - How can a DDC improve jitter performance? 08:28 - I2S 09:18 - Measurements of DDCs 11:42 - Measurements of I2S vs SPDIF 12:25 - Denafrips Hermes vs Pi2AES 16:38 - How audible is Jitter? 18:05 - Bad SPDIF inputs, and PLLs 19:53 - Patron thank yous Further reading on jitter/DDCs: https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?... https://headfonics.com/what-is-jitter.... https://ifi-audio.com/wp-content/uplo... https://www.stereophile.com/reference.... https://www.stereophile.com/content/c... https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/appl...