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Good points @JustIntonation.
And of course, you're spot on with this, at least in theory:
Do you know of any attempts to measure clock drift in typical devices? Is drift of one whole sample between two identical clocks plausible? I'd be very interested to see how much of a problem this might actually be.
In terms of inter-channel differences, one sample would definitely be audible with headphones - not sure about loudspeakers, but would be inclined to agree with you that it probably wouldn't (used to know the answer but can't remember now where I read it).
The only thing I'm sceptical of are the subjective claims about Hypex plate amps. People will hear what they want to hear / think they should be able to hear when listening in an uncontrolled environment. This is not to say the claims are wrong, but these are the kinds of subjective statements I'd treat with caution...
And of course, you're spot on with this, at least in theory:
...a single device with multiple DACs all running from the same clock will more likely be OK as well compared to using several stereo DACs for multichannel audio.
Do you know of any attempts to measure clock drift in typical devices? Is drift of one whole sample between two identical clocks plausible? I'd be very interested to see how much of a problem this might actually be.
In terms of inter-channel differences, one sample would definitely be audible with headphones - not sure about loudspeakers, but would be inclined to agree with you that it probably wouldn't (used to know the answer but can't remember now where I read it).
The only thing I'm sceptical of are the subjective claims about Hypex plate amps. People will hear what they want to hear / think they should be able to hear when listening in an uncontrolled environment. This is not to say the claims are wrong, but these are the kinds of subjective statements I'd treat with caution...