May Dac w/External Clock.


Has anyone tried or considered trying the them together? I have the Gaia to convert to I2S(no cable yet). 

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I’m confused. Does the May DAC have an external clock input and why are you wanting I2s?

1)No, but the Grimm CC1 can still be used via AES/EBU. 

2)To see how good it is. 

Ice pad north of 5K adding a clock to my DCS Bartók and I couldn’t tell any difference at all. I sold all the stuff and got less than 4K back. It was an expensive and stupid adventure. I wish I would’ve rather spend the difference on a new piece of equipment. 

You might EMail Tim Conner at Kitsuni.  I was dead set on I2s, but found out that the May DAC samples I2s exactly like USB, or coax.  Tim claims that there is no advantage to I2s.  No I2s clock information is used by the May DAC.  That said, having a better signal might be of some use.  The DAC has a very good internal clock and to better it you are probably looking at a much more expensive DAC with clock inputs and the external clock can be more costly than the DAC.  It isn’t just having an external clock that is important, but the quality of the clock.