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Esoteric: firewire vs. aes-ebu connection

Has anybody really checked out the performance of the Esoteric separates using a high quality firewire cable? Everyone(including me) seems to assume that the dual aes-ebu connection is superior. The Esoteric units are supposed to have a "flow rate" circuit that eliminates/reduces jitter if you use a firewire connection. In my case we are talking about the P05/D05 units. Any insight would be appreciated.
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guidocorona
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Excellent, could you please post the TEAC America technical message to this thread. I and others would love to read Tim Crable's explanation. G.
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I received a long technical e-mail from Esoteric explaining that in every respect dual aes-ebu is preferable. That's good enough for me. I must say that their customer service has been awesome.
guidocorona
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Have you done any experiments yourself already? One of the interesting issues of course, is that different brands and ICs models seem to make quite a difference on Esoteric gear. This means that unless you use identical models of wires for aes-ebu and firewire, you may not get very useful results. You may want to buzz Esoteric and have a chat with Tim Crable.

Let us know what you find out! Guido
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