What does Jitter sound like?


I keep hearing the term jitter used to describe a kind of distortion that is especially problematic with CD Players.

What does Jitter sound like?
How can I identify it?
hdomke

Showing 2 responses by dbphd

Shadorne,

Many decades ago my doctoral and post doc training was in psychoacoustics, particularly binaural processing. The concept of "critical bands" refers to a limitation of the resolution of the auditory system and the interaction of auditory stimuli. Needless to say, I take much of the claimed auditory observations with a grain of salt. Many theoretical differences that justify large expenditures do not conform with auditory reality.

From a telelogical perspective, our auditory system must be generalizer, otherwise it wouldn't serve us well. So of course explanations of the sound of jitter will be vague. After all, how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

db
Dusty,

I suspect jitter as experienced on most decent CD/SACD players sounds just like angels dancing on the head of a pin.

db