Wadia 27ix Clock Synch w/ Transport-good thing?

Thank you Mejames. I see from your system pics that you have some sort of vibration reduction system under your 861. Given the weight of the 861 and the 270, does the Riggle improve the sound a lot? 20%; 50%; 100%?

Any tweak that you make to the Wadia (and I suspect any top CD player) will make a noticable improvement. Power cords, a stand, a power conditioner, and other mods can dramatically (!) increase detail and speed while giving a smoother and more effortless presentation.

Rob

wm2001 "does the Riggle improve the sound a lot? 20%; 50%; 100%?" well let's see the 270 transport I previously had was sitting upon a bright star Air mass 2 Air suspension platform which sat directly upon a bright star sand box which sat upon the carpeted concrete floor. I know from previous experience with other transports the sand box alone was a bigger improvement than any various expensive cones I ever tried. The additional air mass was not as big of an improvement that the sand box was but a definite worthwhile improvement. The riggle was better by about the same margin as adding the air mass to the send box was. So a Riggle is better than the air mass/sand box combination. putting a percentage on it is difficult but I'm going to say it's a 30% performance improvement over no additional support devices just the stock equipment footers

The 270 is built like a tank, probably sounds good with any DAC especially the SE model. When I purchased my 27 I used a ML transport (270 was not yet available) connected by Illuminati D60 and it sounded excellent. When the 270 became available I had the 27 upgraded to "i" version and clocklinked using 2 fiber optic cables (Optimism). Very nice, I recommend it. 27i has now been upgraded with GNSC reference mod and 270 has been upgraded to SE and GNSC reference mod. Plan on having 27 statement mod done early 2005. Every stage has been sonically rewarding.

The clocklink system is a great feature but the Wadia transports and DACs are still top notch without it. The clocklink on the 270 accepts a 16.9344MHz clock on ST glass conenction. The 27 outputs this same signal. Most other clock distribution systems send/receive the wordclock and use standard coax cables with BNC connectors.