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| Good transport for under 1K? I have modded the CEC, Sony, Electrocompaniet, Mark Levinson and many other transports over 10 years to improve their jitter. My modded Sony DVP-7700 was a reference for many years. None of these are as good as the Synchro-Mesh added to a transp... | |
| Good transport for under 1K? Any old transport including your existing one will do if it's followed by a Synchro-Mesh reclocker and a Standard BNC cable. 7 psec of jitter and upsamples to 24/96. $974. You will not find this in ANY transport. All that matters in a transpor... | |
| DAC OR NO DAC??? @caphill - I highly recommend using the iFi SPDIF iPurifier between your cable box or blu-ray player and your SS processor. Lowering this jitter for $150 is a no-brainer. Elevated my movie experience significantly. It's the only reclocker that... | |
| Please help me figure out what I need to do this. My head spins with tech talk.. @abstract Please just be aware that Audiogon members include manufacturers and retail dealers who are free to post in threads without identifying themselves as such. They are familiar to regular posters here.I forgot.Empirical Audio | |
| Please help me figure out what I need to do this. My head spins with tech talk.. You would get better performance with an Oppo followed by a Synchro-Mesh reclocker and a good BNC cable into a DAC. 7psec of jitter at the end of the cable. Jitter is all that matters in a transport and no transport delivers jitter this low.If yo... | |
| How to make low end digital sound "not terrible" on higher end systems? "They’re still working on how to make digital from HIGH END sources sound good on high end systems.""They" are also working on making turntables and cartridges sound good on high-end systems.I'll take my digital over LP's any day. No contest.Steve... | |
| Upgrading my Redbook after 18 years Here are jitter measurements on the Synchro-Mesh:https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=157348.0 You will have a tough time beating this at any price.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Going Tidal, Need ??? I got a free trial of Tidal. | |
| Upgrading my Redbook after 18 years Spending $2500 on a new transport is a waste of money. Just add a reclocker like the Synchro-Mesh and this should be a significant upgrade. It will perform like a $10K or more transport.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| How to make low end digital sound "not terrible" on higher end systems? If you are feeding the system from the iphone and other devices with Toslink cable, then all you need is to reduce jitter using a reclocker like the Synchro-Mesh.I listen to lossy low-rez tracks streamed from Amazon Prime all the time. With low j... | |
| Going Tidal, Need ??? "The Roon software is supposed to make the operation easier?"Roon is one of many playback apps you can use. Most of them are easy, although some prefer Roon. Many use Linn Kazoo and Lumin."My goal is to obtain the best sound available via steaming... | |
| Going Tidal, Need ??? As for hi-rez, this is another story. The best hi-rez you will get with either a quality USB converter or a quality Ethernet renderer. Either of these will reside between the computer and your DAC (OPPO205). This converter should provide a very lo... | |
| Going Tidal, Need ??? Since you already have the OPPO 205 and use if for your DAC, you should just use it as a renderer for Roon and stream Tidal to it. You don't need to buy any hardware. Just use any computer and load Roon and Tidal on it and stream to the 205 usin... | |
| Going Tidal, Need ??? Tidal is well integrated with Roon, but you don’t need Roon to get Tidal.There is other player software that delivers better SQ IME, like Linn Kazoo.You can even stream Tidal on a Sonos Connect. Reclock it with a Synchro-Mesh and you have a world-... | |
| New TV: what to do with TOSLINK optical output I use this excellent Toslink cable:https://btpa.com/TOSLINK-XXX.htmlto go from my smart TV to this reclocker (which lowers jitter for dolby digital as well as PCM):https://ifi-audio.com/products/spdif-ipurifier/Then this low-jitter signal is sent ... |