Which USB Re Clocker

I've been researching reclockers and DAC's and talked to a manufacturer and he opened my eyes about streamers and reclockers. He basically said the problem is noise and clean power. Streamers are computers and are incredibly noisy, the reason reclockers work is you're taking the noisy USB signal your getting from your streamer and it's getting cleaned and filtered in the reclocker. Yes the signal gets reclocked but the difference before and after is really to small for the human ear to really detect. The real difference is the noisy signal being cleansed on the outside of the streamer. So his recommendation was to buy a very good LPS to power the streamer and a external reclocker.

He opened your eyes by suggesting you buy a reclocker. If the DAC is decent it can handle noise from a streamer. What about the line noise from the reclocker to the DAC? 

@grannyring That’s an interesting report on the 3R Mastertime Blackstar. I’ve been using a SOTM EN-to-USB renderer, SOTM USB conditioner, and SOTM-modified D-Link hub, all powered by Hynes SR-7 and synchronized to a 10mhz rubidium clock (and a JCAT Net Femto EN card in the server, which makes a nice improvement.) I’m considering replacing the modified D-Link hub with SOTM’s new bespoke hub. What was your full SOTM setup? I’m pleased with SOTM stuff, but open to improvement.

That's why he suggested a good LPS to reduce the noise. It opened my eyes because the reclocked signal doesn't mean much, it's getting that signal outside of the streamer and getting it filtered by the reclocker that gives the real benefit. 

@dgarretson, I owned the sms-200 Ultra, SMP500 power supply and the Tx-USBultra. I liked it at the time. I like SOTM gear and currently own the SOTM sNH 10G ethernet Switch and several SOTM dCBL-CAT7 ethernet cables. Love with Switch and cables as they really elevated my digital front end. I power the SOTM Switch with a highly modified/upgraded Teradak LPS. I also power my modem with a highly modified/upgraded LPS. I built some nice double shielded star quad DC cables using Duelund stranded and tinned wire. As you know everything matters in digital audio. Every little detail matters as it’s all about removing noise! See my virtual system for more details.

Cascading reclockers/filters with the best one at the end of the chain also improves the sound of our digital front ends. I currently own the Innuos Zen 3 server/streamer and had the SOTM txUSB Ultra on it. I determined it did not give enough sonic improvement and sold it. However the Odeon delivered a nice step up sonically. That is my experience with my system only....

My system is quite resolving and I have been a bit surprised at the sonic gains realized by the pieces mentioned above. My dac is the Mojo Audio Mystique V3 which I upgraded to Evo+ type status.