Upgrade over Sonos ZP90?
Forget about replacing the Sonos. Just add a $599 Synchro-Mesh reclocker and a good $275 BNC S/PDIF cable to it. Here are jitter plots before and after: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154310.0 20psec of jitter from a Sonos. Never happened before the SM. This beats even the best servers available. They also need the SM to lower the jitter. Here are some S/PDIF cable jitter measurements: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154425.0 Steve N. Empirical Audio |
@audioengr, Would you say Synchro-Mesh Clocker is a better option than Wyrd 4 Sound modification? https://wyred4sound.com/products/upgrades-and-mods/sonos-connect-modified After all we are adding an additional expense of another S/PDIF cable and shelf space. |
Yes. It is always better to design and power something separately rather than modding. I know this because I modded all types of transports and computer audio devices for 10 years, including Sonos. This is better. You need the better S/PDIF cable anyway, so there is no savings there. Shelf space is 4.5"X4.5". Pretty small. There is also the benefit of upsampling 44.1 to 96. The DAC will sound better because the digital filter is better. There is also the benefit of galvanic isolation. Steve N.Empirical Audio |
Steve, Ahh!...the good old debate on Seperates vs Integrated 😉 I don’t have anything to gain from pushing either of these suggestions to ‘UP’ the SONOS performance so I am going to dish out my point of view, whether anyone agrees with me or not. You need the better S/PDIF cable anyway, so there is no savings there - I disagree, with Synchro Mesh Clocker you are adding another component in the middle of Sonos and DAC. So you do end up buying an additional S/PDIF cable instead of going direct between SONOS and the DAC. Shelf space is 4.5"X4.5". Pretty small - Still another component on the shelf you now need to make room for. There is also the benefit of upsampling 44.1 to 96. The DAC will sound better because the digital filter is better - Wyrd 4 Sound recommends 96khz upsampling with their mod, so no diffrence here. There is also the benefit of galvanic isolation - 👍 |
You need the better S/PDIF cable anyway, so there is no savings there - I disagree, with Synchro Mesh Clocker you are adding another component in the middle of Sonos and DAC. So you do end up buying an additional S/PDIF cable instead of going direct between SONOS and the DAC. My point is that almost nobody has a S/PDIF cable this good, so replace the one you have with this one. It will make a big difference, even with no reclocker. There is also the benefit of upsampling 44.1 to 96. The DAC will sound better because the digital filter is better - Wyrd 4 Sound recommends 96khz upsampling with their mod, so no difference here. Maybe, maybe not. The devil is in the details. There is only one upsampling chip IME that performs well. All others are substandard. I used to mod myself, so I got to hear lots of different chips. Steve N. Empirical Audio |
