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Importance of clocking

There is a lot of talk that external clocks because of the distance to the processor don‘t work. This is the opposite of my experience. While I had used an external Antelope rubidium clock,on my Etherregen and Zodiac Platinum Dac, I have now added a Lhy Audio UIP clocked by the same Antelope Clock to reclock the USB stream emanating from the InnuOS Zenith MkIII. The resultant increase in soundstage depth, attack an decay and overall transparency isn‘t subtle. While there seems to be lots of focus on cables, accurate clocking throughout the chain seems still deemed unnecessary. I don‘t understand InnuOS‘ selling separate reclockers for USB and Ethernet without synchronising Ethernet input, DAC conversion and USB output.

antigrunge2
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lalitk
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@antigrunge2 

As you can see, you have two kinds of posters here. One that have tried and implemented an external clock to a greater benefit. And then those, who have been peddling their ideas based on ‘documentation’ i.e. no direct experience 🙄 

antigrunge2 OP
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@lalitk 

 

👍 I guesa it’s ever been thus…

greg_f
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@antigrunge2

I apologize for taking over your thread.  It seems that I am causing few disputes that  I didn't mean to.

@lalitk 

Although I rarely post over here I have read quite a few of your views and I respect your views and experience. Having said that you are saying my views are based on 'documentation' (whatever that means) and no direct experience. Ok if that's what you think. You have your opinion, I have mine and in this instance we disagree. Btw I don't dispute what you are hearing. It's all good.

I am out of this thread.

antigrunge2 OP
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@greg_f 

 

no harm done, I just wonder why people advocate S/PDif or AES EBU connections which depend on the server‘s clock which is often the weakest link when all the new chip set development has gone into asynchronous USB which slaves the server‘s clock thus obviating the problem….

greg_f
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@antigrunge2 

I said I am out of this thread but I will answer you.

In my case I have an older DAC that is still excellent and I am reluctant to change it but it doesn't have USB i/f. therefore I am looking for AES or SPDIF i/fs. You say USB is the better i/f and you could be right but I think it really depends on how the DAC has implement the i/fs. With some DACs I still prefer AES over USB. Also some DACs are agnostic of the interface (please see kijanki's explanation further up this thread.

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