WHAT ABOUT CLOCKS?

I tired the cheap clock with the power supply in a few CDPs and they made a nice subtle improvement IMO as already stated above. I have not compared the more expensise replacement clocks (ultra clock) to the cheaper ones yet. I found that adding transformers in a CDP made a more significant difference in clarity, soundstage and more importantly tone. They are around $200 for a pair and if you have a local tech who knows what they are doing you can get this modification cheap.

Chadeffect; I see you have the dcs scarlatti setup. I have a silent music server with the dcs debussy usb. I was going to try the paganini master clock. Are you saying not to, waist of money? Do you not see an advantage to your clock in your system? Insight apprieciated. p.kogan

Koegz,

I never tried the Paganini. I went straight from the Elgar plus to the Scarlatti. I am not saying not to try the DCS clock. They make some of the finest kit in the world and their systems work beautifully. What I am saying is I got tired of having to spend so much on all these bits.

I just have not updated my page, but I have moved on system wise. The DCS with the clock/DAC/transport was amazing. I never used the Scarlatti transport though, but the old Encore. It was the finest digital playback I had heard at the time.

The problem with DACs is that they are mainly just a computer. As we all know this technology moves so quickly. So I changed my set up to a simple but complete computer based system.

With attention to each of the links in the chain I have managed to get sound at least as good if not better and put the savings in my bank. I moved to a Mac (amarra) firewire/ Weiss DAC with volume control/amp set up. It may not look as good, but hey!

Well I have added a clock. While it is not a HUGE differance, it is a sound improvement(in my opinion) worth paying for. If you love great sound quality and I do.

If using an outboard clock on a DAC makes it sound better, then somethng was broken or they didn't design it correctly to begin with.