Esoteric P03 D03 owners: To clock or not to clock

Check the archives for a recent thread I initiated with the title "Esoteric Separates" which has some helpful information on these components, including clocking.

yes I saw it after writing this. I gave you my feedback there. I was in a very similar position. Use to have the X03 SE, wentt to the X01 D2, and finally to the P03 D03. This last change was a great imrpovement. More so than going from X01 to the X03.

I would not keep the X03 and spend the cash on the clock. Leave the clok for the last and than evaluate. Changing for X03 to separates is going o be anything but a minor change...

I was hoping to get in this post info from users of the combo on their clock experiences and how it affected the playing mode of preference.

Best
Eliseo

Not too much feedback on the specific clock question.

Anyway, i got a loaner unitmthis morning to try out from the importer and distributor. Is fully broken and conected with esoteric own cables, mexcell.

I can keep it until monday so will be doing as much listening as I can these few next days. Will report my findings.

Anyway, one thing the sales rep told me to do, that i think may be of interest to you guys is to place the clock directly above the transport, and not in a different rack space. He claims it sounds better since the transport benefits from the extra weight, and since there is no heat problems thats the way he likes to install them. Again he claims there is a good improvement in overall sound.

Reading the manual, there seems to be nothing against this placment. All it says is to place in a rigid surface and to avod heat like amps or valves.

Was wondering if you tried this and if so if u hear a difference. If not you may consider trying. I cant say if there is a dif or not, but surely would be an unexpensive "upgrade" if it works.

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Eli

Eli, with the external clock, be sure to read the manual to insure that you have the clock rate set correctly for how you use the P03/D03 combo. The second point that I would make is once you have the clock set up with the P03 D03, just listen with the clock in place for a few days and then remove it by going back to using the D03 to clock the P03. In my system, this allowed me to hear the difference the easiest. Hope that helps.