Synchro-Mesh


I'm curious if anyone has tried the Empirical Audio Synchro-Mesh and what your thoughts are. I'd like to try it in my office system between my Apple TV, Peachtree Nova and LSA .5 speakers, but at $600 would it make a noticeable improvement?
bob99or
I'd suggest checking out the Audio Circle website scroll down to the Empirical Audio forum.

I believe Empirical offers a trial period but the consensus seems to be very positive. I'm reading there may be improvements of the power supplies and cabling in the near future.
Bob99 - I just did a quick compare here on the Digital forum. Look for "Two SPDIF reclockers..."

For some context, look at Doug Schroeder's review on Dagogo as well.

A very good piece of equipment.
It seems to work well with high jitter sources.
It didn't improve my modified Squeezebox Touch. It actually made the sound worse.
Ozzy probably got one of the few SM's with a non-optimal output transformer. These transformers could be very good or not as good. These have been replaced with a different transformer in the new builds. Mods are available for older units to bring them up to date.

There is also a new transformerless version that can be used with DACs that have a transformer on the S/PDIF input. These SM's have very low jitter (max P-P 150psec with 90% of the jitter in the 25psec range). This is system jitter, not just the clock as quoted by most manufacturers.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio