Which USB reclocker is as good as the Innuos Phoenix USB?

@tjag

i have no clue... 👍, just here making trouble... or am i making a point? 🤔

posts have date stamps, right?

you are an enthusiastic researcher it seems, kudos on that aspect ... but selective reading, wishful thinking and confirmation bias are banes to a researchers’ ultimate ability to arrive at proper conclusions

wish you good luck

@sns 

you're being kind

had a sense this person isn't to be taken seriously, certainly proven out with more blabbering in successive posts

the most expensive one is the best, of course... sheesh... 😉

on a more serious note, i don’t buy into outboard reclockers as a category if we are talking about serious system building... one should get a superior network bridge, streamer, dac or combined unit... credible products made to a high quality level should have the clocking handled superbly within them...

reading reviews only get you so far... there is only one way to know, right?  my various tries with ddc's and usb reclockers have been wastes of time largely... but then again i don't use a noisy sloppy computer to feed my system its digital stream

ymmv obviously

well then you should buy one immediately! audiobacon says so it must be superb...🤣

haha ok

but maybe you should ask audiobacon... who else would know better... but oh wait, his answer would be none, as he bought the innuos 

sorry i can't resist playing with you a little... good luck, hope you find your cheaper than innuos phoenix nirvana...

@sns

we are pushing on a rope... but advice given here is worth what people have paid for it

now, audiobacon... maybe more valuable...🤣

ok i'll stop, went on a bike ride this morning, lil amped up...

omg -- this thread is quickly becoming the sweaty armpit of audiogon 😆

op notably silent

guess it is what happens when noob comes here for confirmation of biases, wanting more info down the rabbit hole... but doesn’t get what he wants to hear... 

The assumption that more money leads to better sound is often faulty.

 

more than one thing can be true at the same time

budget systems, well assembled, expertly set up, can sound very good, bring tremendous enjoyment, have enduring qualities

but more money, spent wisely, will yield better sound, better music, even greater enjoyment -- if properly attuned to the owners’ tastes

the above are not contradictions, they co-exist in reality... the fun (and expertise) in this hobby to put together gear that brings us musical enjoyment is to be honest about what we like, spend $ wisely up to our comfort level, find our own sweet spot

it is about the music... creating our window onto musical performances to bring us happiness