.? Digital Reclocking and syncing clocks does anyone know the correct Answrrsb
Hello To all ,many Audiophiles I have found do not even know what a Digital reclocker is, and what does it do exactly , and how it helps the incoming signal.
and the Bigger question is Syncing the clock to Dac.
for example with Denafrips Reclocker , the most versatile I have seen with input outputs especially from Hermes, Gaia DCC reclockers most inputs,outputs, they have both 45,and 48 MHZ for clock sync. ,other dacs clocks may use 5-10 MHz ,this gets a bit confusing.
Here is a big question , say you have a very good dac with over clock ⏰,
Is there any advantage to syncing clock say from cheaper Iris DDC reclocker ,to the very good say Terminator oven controlled clock. The Big question is how does this work? Does the better clock in the dac dominate or influence the lesser clocks ?
or don’t bother syncing clock with cheaper Iris DDC ? Do you have to have a reclocker with = quality ⏰ clock to the dac to make it a Sonic improvement ?
these are the questions no one I know has been able to answer with absolute knowledge.
just the reclocker itself is worth wild for. It filters and cleans the incoming digital signal ,through usb,BNC,or coaxial cable, then reclocks signal to dac to have a pristine signal to read.. in this respect even a good basic reclocker like Iris would be very good ,on pontus and even Venus dac ,and Holo springs worked well
for $600, next Big step the $1250 Hermes better everything including oven controlled clocks ,if you can afford it. Syncing clocking is the big Question is there any benefit going from a lesser Iris clock in the Iris DDC reclocker syncing clock to say a Terminator + with far superior oven clocks?Is there any benefit ? If so why ? Thank you to Anyone who may have the expertise to logically explain this.
Hopefully Alvin Chee will see this ,Happy listening to your music .🎶 🎵
@lordmelton thanks for the unnecessary jab, and for your edification I have never bought any sound equipment without an audition. Thank goodness, right? But plunking money down on a reclocking device is insignificant compared to putting that money for the reclocker into a better DAC. If you want to put money down on what you perceive is better 'sounding' that is great, do so. But for most people, a slight 'change' perceived in the sound is not necessarily better. |
Cindyment I totally understand there are Waay to many arm chair experts. one thing is for sure the best measurements don’t always sound the best . A perfect example A vacuum tube amp,or preamp measure no where near as good as even a mid fi amp but it’s distortions being even just sound right to the ear with audio and R2R dacs and DSP and FPGA ,buffering you can truly make great sounding digital. The older Terminator was still very good ,the New Terminator2 which I recently purchased sounds Very good across the board and natural . the DDC unit does clean the digital signal coming in . My friend has the Hermes almost exact Gaia clone and when connected I2S to terminator everything goes up a notch in sound , and syncing the clock is less so but soundstage deepens and wider from my experiences with it , nothing is perfect in Audio Ever !!
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@mesonto I'm not having a jab at you or anyone else here. Just go and have a listen and make your own mind up instead of looking at specs all the time. Check a Mutec or similar out for re-clocking (huge difference) or word clock (small but subtle difference). I have even seen a RPI for about $150.00 that's a re-clocker but I haven't tried it.
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No they do not, and I would never claim they do. They can tell us how something compares against a reference and they can tell us whether something actually is able to do what it claims (other than sounding good). I won't type the details, but my system is very accurate, very low noise, and very low distortion (turntable excepted due to natural limits). Then I use signal processing to twist it and turn it to suit the music, mood, listening level, and even who I have listening with me. Same goal as anyone else, just a different way of getting there.
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For anyone to say jitter which are timing errors are totally incorrect , even though the signal arrives in packets , the timing can be off , distortions elsewhere substandard filtering, power supplies ,regulation pre,and post . this is just a Bit of the potential whole. My uncle being a digital in pro audio for over 30 years ,has really opened my 👁 👁 s to so many possibilities ,there is no one implementation that is best ,for everyone’s perception of correct in their specific system maybe different then you . 40 years + in audio and I am just looking into a DDC unit. I just started using Roon and streaming ,digital has truly evolved a lot in the last 3-4 years.digital has finally arrived !! |
