XMOS XU216 vs 316?

[vrships]

Looks like there s been more units rolled out with 316 this year, but some very popular models are still using 216
How much does matter?
Does 316 improve jitter more? I know nothing should be audible for these generations but just curious if any theoretical performance can be better

 

[sweetsounds]

As I undertand it is more for handling higher amounts of data by additional powerful cores
https://www.xcore.com/viewtopic.php?t=8379 (last post on Feb)

 

[guyboisvert]

Looks like there s been more units rolled out with 316 this year, but some very popular models are still using 216
How much does matter?
Does 316 improve jitter more? I know nothing should be audible for these generations but just curious if any theoretical performance can be better

With good engineering, jitter account for very low inaudible distortion...

https://www.analog.com/en/technical-articles/analyzing-audio-dac-jitter-sensitivity.html

 

[arrow0309]

I think they need better drivers as well:

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