@antigrunge2 In your discussions with @nigeltheflash you are both referring to clock accuracy, I was merely pointing out that in our hobby the clock accuracy is not the most critical parameter. That's all.
Importance of clocking
There is a lot of talk that external clocks because of the distance to the processor don‘t work. This is the opposite of my experience. While I had used an external Antelope rubidium clock,on my Etherregen and Zodiac Platinum Dac, I have now added a Lhy Audio UIP clocked by the same Antelope Clock to reclock the USB stream emanating from the InnuOS Zenith MkIII. The resultant increase in soundstage depth, attack an decay and overall transparency isn‘t subtle. While there seems to be lots of focus on cables, accurate clocking throughout the chain seems still deemed unnecessary. I don‘t understand InnuOS‘ selling separate reclockers for USB and Ethernet without synchronising Ethernet input, DAC conversion and USB output.
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🙏 Thanks @greg_f - I agree! |
@lalitk Could you explain why the accuracy of the clock (which is defined by the long term stability in ppm) is as important? Genuine question. For example the most accurate clock that I know of is cesium atomic clock which is approximately 1 - 3 part in 10^14. Is it relevant, does it matter for HiFi? |