greg_f
Responses from greg_f
| Importance of clocking @kijanki Yeah, I think AES will be. Now I need to find a good streamer with AES output up to 4,000 Euro. I have been going round and round this subject for far too long without making a final decision... | |
| Importance of clocking @kijanki Thank you for the response. I enjoy reading your replies since you seem to understand electronics better than most on this site. Sometimes it is difficult to have a technical conversation with people who have little knowledge even about t... | |
| Importance of clocking @kijanki Thanks for the explanation. My DAC is an older Weiss DAC202 that uses ARC. It has extensive fairly advanced PLLs (it uses a wider range digital PLL (I don't know its noise/jitter spectrum) and its output is fed to an further analog PLL t... | |
| Importance of clocking The issue with S/PDIF or AES "reclockers" is that you have two clocks arguing over what should the absolute clock rate be. The DAC is forced to take one of two approaches: Abandon it’s internal clock or attempt to keep it’s internal metronome ... | |
| Importance of clocking Andy has a very good point. In the case of SPDIF or AES the clock is embedded in the data stream is more prone to jitter therefore the clock of the source/streamer is critical and IMO could benefit from a good reclocker with a good clock cct and i... | |
| Importance of clocking Sure they do, they offer more options to the end user, you take your choice. | |
| Importance of clocking DCS, Weiss, Meitner to name a few. But you are missing the point, the external clock is much further away from the DAC IC (assuming an integrated type) than the one inside the DAC unit. You have the extra cable to feed the external clock to the DA... | |
| Importance of clocking @emergingsoul Perhaps I wasn't clear, I much much prefer a clock within the DAC than an external clock source. The better DACs have an extensive clock design. I believe something that separates a good DAC for a great one (both using the same DA... | |
| Importance of clocking @emergingsoul +1. Any external clock will have to be connected by a cable (50 or 75Ohms) of course. This will cause smearing of the clock signal, it is not the frequency of the clock but the rise and fall times of the edges that are difficult to ... | |
| Innuos Zen mk3 NG and Zenith mk3 NG introduced at Munich Significant price increase! I also wonder what will happen to the Pulse series since they are talking using the NG as server or streamer. | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal Which one of the two has a larger metal / alt rock library ? I can find almost all I want on Spotify but the quality is not that good. | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables I have ordered few sets of the Xangsane and the 40th anniversary Accuphase clone power cables and also couple of Odin 2 aes/ebu cables. I will report once I get them and try them for few days in my system. I have several AC and IEC connectors of d... | |
| Absorption of digital hash @mijostyn Totally agree. if a product is emitting RF or whatever then it is not fit for purpose and shouldn't be in the market. | |
| Absorption of digital hash @ptss I just don't believe you can slap a little bit of some 'magic' material to tackle emissions. EMC compliance (includes RFI/EMI emissions) is big business in Europe and companies spend millions to ensure their products meet the requirements a... | |
| Absorption of digital hash Just be aware that proper EMI/RFI interference shielding requires significant engineering knowledge and it is best done by professionals and requires very expensive specialist equipment. I see little point in trying ad-hoc solutions, it is very di... |