Where to install Superclock3, Transport or DAC?

I'd love to give you a guess-pinion (and I might just be correct!) but if you want to avoid confusing/conflicting responses and get an answer you can "take to the bank," write to Steve Huntley at Great Northern Sound Co. and ask him:

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That said, companies like Wadia, EMM, and Mark Levinson put the clock in with the DAC and link it (with a digital cable) to the transport. I don't know if the Superclock 3 can be implemented that way.

I would definitely put it in the Dac if possible. It seems to make more of a difference there. My transport has one in it and it doesn't make a real difference as far as I can tell. I auditioned a Dac that used a Super Clock in it and the difference was very noticeable. Other factors could have played a part in what I heard also?

On another note, I've discovered using a Monarchy DIP in between the transport and the Dac made more of a substantial difference than the Super clock. So tread carefully. At least you can sell the Monarchy DIP or GW Labs DSP without a big loss.

Since I've bought a product from these guys and very impressed by it..I suggest you check out Burson Audio and save some money. This will at least give you another option for the clock. Hell.. you'll have enough money left over to throw in the regulator and power supply!

Good luck

AFAIK you can't install Superclock in the DAC.

The best way is to install a new clock in a CDT and run a separate clock line between the CDT and a DAC. You can do that with a TenTLabs clock.

FWIW Elberoth2 ..there are at least two modding companies installing the Super Clock 3 in the BelCanto. Empirical Audio and
Reference AudioMods. Personally I would save the money and just get the jitter/signal reclocker and conditioning unit along with a 1.5 meter digital cable and be done with it.

Aftermarket clocking makes the larger difference in the transport and it only makes sense because this where the information is being extracted from the disc and error correction and noise and jitter must be addressed or you will not have optimal performance in this scenario.

Aftermarket clocks in general being installed into DAC's, (ie: Belcanto DAC2) make a definite improvement as well. Certain DAC's use clocks for upsampling features, hdcd, de-jitter and some other uses depending on design.

An active clocking circuit is very dependant on the quality of power being fed to it and how it is addressed in connection to the circuit, and how it is designed, and some other things.

My view is to keep everthing as short and simple as possible, lose any extra connections and noise, and most importantly, Enjoy The Music!!!

Thanks!