Is usb reclocking necessary?

I’m running Innuos Zenith MK3 and Ayre QB9 Twenty DAC that sounds pretty darn good. Will adding a Innuos Phoenix reclocker make it MUCH better?

hysteve06-22-2021 1:39am

yage Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 401 posts 06-22-2021 at 07:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ayre knows how to engineer the USB interface properly - they were one of the first, if not the first to implement an asynchronous USB interface. I owned a QB-9 DSD for a few years and never felt there was a need for a USB reclocker / filter / etc.
yage Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 401 posts 06-22-2021 at 11:29pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I think the Ayre's USB interface is powered by the DAC power supply so it doesn't draw anything from the computer. A filter for the power lines would be useless.
yage Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 401 posts 06-23-2021 at 11:17am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @kijanki The QB-9 USB interface is galvanically isolated from the DAC section so ground pollution shouldn't be a concern. Seriously, Ayre put a lot of thought into the implementation. *** Yeah, you don't get clock anomalies with analog - but you do get measurable wow and flutter and surface noise with a turntable.