Clocker value on a network player?

Looking at high end network players and it says it has a high precision clocker. So my highend dac has great clocking too.
Most higher end dacs have clocking capabilities, so why put it in networkplayer?

jumia05-18-2021 11:43pm

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erik_squires Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 15,861 posts 05-19-2021 at 02:22pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Synchronous signals are one way. The DAC is forced to accept the samples as they come in. With say a CD turner, external DAC’s were forced to accept any incoming timing variations. The DAC is forced to synchronize with the source. Asynch uses 2 way communication to allow the DAC to control the sample rates. USB can be asynch. Coax/Optical cannot.

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