[time-nuts] Oh dear

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <62172.12.6.201.2.1336409319.squirrel at popaccts.quikus.com>, "J. Fors
ter" writes:
>Suppose you have a perfect, ideal clock that puts out 'convert' pulses at
>an exact rate is used to strobe a high precision A/D.
>
>Now suppose you add jitter to that perfect clock so that the rate stays
>the same but time interval between successive pulses varies randomly
>between P(1-x) and P(1+x).
>
>How big would x have to be before anyone could detect any difference in
>the sound?

You have to tell us the sampling frequency before we can answer.


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