using an external clock with a PCIe card


About a year ago I installed a Lynx AES16e PCIe card into my Memory Player, and I'm very happy with the results.  

One of the features that the Lynx card has is that it can accept a word-clock input from an external clock. I know this feature is intended for studio use, to synch all digital devices to the same clock.   But could a quality crystal clock like a Grimm (CC2) positively impact the sound in a non-studio setup?   Or has the clocking in the card already been optimized?

I'm curious if anyone has this card and has tried external clocking....
thank you

Dave


dpetr
The standard information I’ve gotten from manufacturers who make pro gear is no.

For modern gear, the jitter is higher with external clocks merely due to the distance of the signal than using the internal reference with a very short distance.

For older gear (> 10 years) your mileage may vary. The reason for the distinction is that modern gear has fantastic, cheap clocks and the DAC designs themselves have improved upon jitter rejection a great deal.

Another thing to consider is whether the external clock actually has very little jitter or not.  Some based on atomic clock technology have very high long term stability (meaning in a month they lose/gain very little) but actually have high sample to sample jitter.