kereru
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| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @sls883 Cool, I hope it goes well for you. Noting leaving it on for the oscillator stabilize for days or even weeks initially will improve the sound, cables matter too. Re coax yes you’ll still get a benefit, more if R26 has PCM NOS set to OFF I... | |
| LAIV Harmony @audiostick Scales a lot.. upwards in performance… = improves or benefits prorportionately from, is quite sensitive to… a high quality source - is all I meant. Experimentation with the quality of power and signal cables for and between the UIP and... | |
| LAIV Harmony Back to the Harmony, the LAiV scales a lot with a high quality source in my case an LHY UIP USB regenerator. By way of reference, a guy over at Headfi compared it to the Iris and found it outperformed it in his setup, preferred UIP USB direct to D... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? Hi there, sorry been very busy with work. Some responses: - I found sine works better with R26 - HF refers Headfi + tweaks for OCK-2 were inverting it, removing cover and stacking a sandwich of tungsten cubes and fo.Q damping material on OCXO a... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @boulder_bob that’s the oft quoted theory, certainly. But it depends on fhe DAC design and even the particular setting selected. The majority of Gustard X26/A26/R26 users over at HF, including me as noted above, find clear benefits to clocking bo... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @sls883 Both! Both is best for me, after quite a bit of experimentation. Holds true for both PCM NOS and OS modes and DSD equivalents, though effect of externally clocking the R26 is more pronounced when using PCM NOS OFF and DSD Direct OFF i.e. i... | |
| Update on good Ethernet switch @recklesskelly does the Teradak come with SFP cages / ability to swap SFPs or are they internally fixed? Assuming the latter. Which end do you use the Teradak on - the send (router/WAN) or receive (streamer) end? @audioman58 I’ve had the SW-8 swi... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @peareye Nice one. Let us know how you get on once it arrives. Understood re your preference for using USB > DDC > R26, I was asking about how your MacBook connects to the internet as I've found that network chain improvements upstream of m... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @peareye I’d say invest in the best clock you can afford, then upgrade other stuff as and when you can afford to. The OCK-1 is great, I was very happy with it, but after 6 months temptation got the better of me and now I’ve heard the OCK-2 I can’t... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? It's remarkable how much difference a very good clock makes isn't it. Well you'll be pleasantly surprised by the further benefits that are possible with better cables (or cable / filter combos). Source of the HT DC III: Audio Accessory HK - a tr... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @soix Thanks for the recommendation of trying the shorter I2S/HDMI cable length - there was a subtle difference in favour of the shorter 1ft length vs the 2ft incumbent, though I guess if there’s such a thing as burn in for HDMI cables it might im... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @peareye Given your clarification that you predominantly listen to YT off your MacBook I agree that a USB based connection is what you'll need to use so considering DDCs to help optimise it makes sense. Reason being, as notwithstanding my prefer... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @pinwa Awesome - welcome to the club! Your observations of the character of differences are consistent with mine and other users of master clocks. I find that far from being fatiguing it is less so as notes are more accurately (and naturally) rend... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @soix - I bought two BJC Belden FEs - a 1ft and a 2ft, TBH have only been using the 2ft one for convenience as the 1ft would be a pain. That said I'll have to give the 1ft one a go. I've read conflicting things re optimal cable length for digital... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? @soix Yes i2S - a Blue Jeans Cables FE cable which although very well regarded up to say the $200 range I is likely a limiting factor vs say a Tubulus Argentus, which would cost as much again as a DDC which I’m not in a hurry to do. USB cable is a... |