.? 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 .🎶 🎵
@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 !! |
@jimob Good for you Jim. Digital has finally arrived big time! |
What I meant to say is the digital stream is never perfect, But the much more costly units have many ways to correct Jitter or timing errors , this too is where a DDC -Digital to Digital converter to clean up the incoming digital stream and eliminate timing errors before it goes out to the dac , the easier the dac can read the less error correction s needed , On the better units they buffer the signal ,like ram ,there there is FPGA ,it’s exact implementation is above my Digital pay grade ,I just want to get the most natural presentation without breaking the bank for myself the Terminator-2 and a good DDC reclocker is good enough for me for the next few years , this too can be improved upon. I just installed a dedicated 20 amp line dual ground, now maybe a few grand for a power conditioner, better power cords , better 75 ohm BNC cables to sync the dac reclocker, and better I2S cable, better ,usb cable ,better Ethernet cables ,Everything counts, where does it all end ? Being an Audiophile maybe it doesn’t !! |
