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Syncro-Mesh, Dynaco power supply combo+ digital cable

Hi has anyone here had experience with these Empirical Audio products listed in title? I am entertainment the thought of purchasing them to try out. The individual that I spoke with on the phone was adamant that I must use his digital cable for best results. Just looking for some real world experience from others on this site.
Thanks Mark
markum01
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cerrot
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The synchro mesh is not bit perfect so, yes, it would degrade the sound.
audioengr
3,282 posts
 

Synchro-Mesh will not degrade the sound quality, only improve it, usually significantly.  Just read all of the customer feedbacks on my audiocircle forum. 

The resampling chip used is excellent.  I have compared resampled tracks to native tracks and usually the resampled tracks sounds better using the SM because of the jitter reduction to extremely low levels, the galvanic isolation and the upsampling from 44.1 to 24/96.  Upsampling to 24/96 causes the DAC to use a superior digital filter, with less audible artifacts.

Steve N.

Empirical Audio

klweds
2 posts
 
A little late to this party but I want to add my experience:

I bought the Synchro-mesh OTL and Empirical BNC cable from Steve about a year ago. They weren't the right flavor for my system so I returned them, with zero hassle.

I would not say that my experience was difficult in the least; quite the opposite. He is incredibly responsive and available, something which has not been the case with other designers I have bought from.

I (personally) would not hesitate to try his other products in the future.
klweds
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For clarification, I have an extremely low-jitter streamer ($2900) whose high-res output I wanted to downsample for use with a Redbook DAC. Asking the Synchro-mesh to do this undetectably was something of an unfair request, but I wanted to try it. 

If I had a more mainstream source I imagine the clock in the SM would have been an improvement.
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