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Clocking: again!

There are all manner of folk claiming that clocking is irrelevant to Ethernet and USB connections. While this is obviously ignorant of the RMI/EMI and ground level effects on DA conversion and the analogue stages of a DAC, the level to which digital clocking matters was again brought into stark relief when I changed the clock cable between the Antelope 10m clock and the Etherregen from the cable supplied by Antelope to a Shunyata Clock75 Sigma cable. Shazam! Everything jumping into focus and significantly more snap and reverb. In our hobby everything matters and we are only at the very beginning of optimizing streaming.

antigrunge2
antigrunge2 OP
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@doufthebiker,

Afterdark in HongKong has a whole range of performance packages including cables, other good clocks (albeit much more expensive are Cybershaft from Japan, Antelope Audio and Mutec. I concur with @lordmelton on at least reclocking the Dac and -if not using asynchronous USB the server. Obviously 10m clocks only work if your equipment has masterclock inputs. Wordclock inputs require stepping down the masterclock signal, eg Mutec. I use BNC cables from Shunyata (expensive) and Sommercable in Germany.

dougthebiker
231 posts
 

Thanks for the info!

discopants
149 posts
 

Oyaide DB 510 is excellent value at around £150 for 0.7m on well known auction websites.

fastfreight
1,288 posts
 

Hi,  My Tambaqui is both my  DAC and Streamer.

I have EtherREGEN directly in front of it.

Please clarify reclocking the DAC vs Reclocking the EtherRegen.

Thanks, Ken

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