kereru
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| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @sls883 Both! Both is best for me, after quite a bit of experimentation. Holds true for both PCM NOS and OS modes and DSD equivalents, though effect of externally clocking the R26 is more pronounced when using PCM NOS OFF and DSD Direct OFF i.e. i... | |
| Update on good Ethernet switch @recklesskelly does the Teradak come with SFP cages / ability to swap SFPs or are they internally fixed? Assuming the latter. Which end do you use the Teradak on - the send (router/WAN) or receive (streamer) end? @audioman58 I’ve had the SW-8 swi... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @peareye Nice one. Let us know how you get on once it arrives. Understood re your preference for using USB > DDC > R26, I was asking about how your MacBook connects to the internet as I've found that network chain improvements upstream of m... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @peareye I’d say invest in the best clock you can afford, then upgrade other stuff as and when you can afford to. The OCK-1 is great, I was very happy with it, but after 6 months temptation got the better of me and now I’ve heard the OCK-2 I can’t... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? It's remarkable how much difference a very good clock makes isn't it. Well you'll be pleasantly surprised by the further benefits that are possible with better cables (or cable / filter combos). Source of the HT DC III: Audio Accessory HK - a tr... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @soix Thanks for the recommendation of trying the shorter I2S/HDMI cable length - there was a subtle difference in favour of the shorter 1ft length vs the 2ft incumbent, though I guess if there’s such a thing as burn in for HDMI cables it might im... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @peareye Given your clarification that you predominantly listen to YT off your MacBook I agree that a USB based connection is what you'll need to use so considering DDCs to help optimise it makes sense. Reason being, as notwithstanding my prefer... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @pinwa Awesome - welcome to the club! Your observations of the character of differences are consistent with mine and other users of master clocks. I find that far from being fatiguing it is less so as notes are more accurately (and naturally) rend... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @soix - I bought two BJC Belden FEs - a 1ft and a 2ft, TBH have only been using the 2ft one for convenience as the 1ft would be a pain. That said I'll have to give the 1ft one a go. I've read conflicting things re optimal cable length for digital... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @soix Yes i2S - a Blue Jeans Cables FE cable which although very well regarded up to say the $200 range I is likely a limiting factor vs say a Tubulus Argentus, which would cost as much again as a DDC which I’m not in a hurry to do. USB cable is a... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @peareye I've had the R26, the Ock-1, Zen Stream, U18 & SU6 for 6 months, and more recently got the Ock-2 and LHY SW-8 switch. The Ock-2 is a clear step up over the Ock-1, in resolution and refinement, though the Ock-1 is warmer, smoother and... | |
| Gustard R26 @kairosman Nothing more exotic right now alas. My only point of comparison was a head-to-head with a similarly priced and since returned SMSL AK4499 VMV D2 DAC last year, which the R26 beat handily. Oh and a Topping E50 they both destroyed. R26 &a... | |
| Gustard R26 @arafiq I use the R26 streamer with Roon and HQplayer, faultless operation and sounds great. I use HQP upscaled PCM768 & DSD512. I prefer the sound of the R26 internal streamer to my Ifi Zen Mini (+ IFI Power X) > Gothic Audio pure silver ... | |
| Gustard R26 @Kairosman - from my reading the conventional wisdom is most DACs when fed sources like I2S, s/pdif and AES that contain a synchronous word clock will use that embedded clock signal untouched so theoretically at least a master clock connected to t... | |
| Gustard R26 @kairosman With respect I didn’t say the R26 uses an external clock to reclock its DAC section only with the LAN input selected but that when the LAN input is used it also reclocks its streamer/renderer section. So it’s just there’s a there’s a du... |