@mclinnguy yep you have to be careful. As their disclaimer always reminds you, AI can make mistakes too. I have found more often that not though that they are usually right on with their advice. I particularly like when they give you the mechanical and electrical engineering explanations of what you to can expect to hear and why you hear it.
USB connection to DAC: multi stage improvement
In my setup (Innuos Zenith Mk3, Antelope Zodiac Platinum with Sean Jacobs DC3/4 and Antelope Audiophile clock) sequential addition of decrapifiers has lead to increasing transparency, dynamics and soundstage depth.
My chain now reads like this
ZenithMk3->Singxer UIP->JHoinrich Isolator RH07b->IFi USB iPurifier3->LHY UIP2.0 Pro->Intona7054b->Zodiac Platinum
The Singxer is powered by Sean Jacobs DC3/4, The Lhy is reclocked by the Antelope clock
Of particular note: this is the best result of trying every conceivable permutation.
In terms of overall impact:
1. reclocking the LHY using the same clock on DAC and upstream Etherregen
2. introducing galvanic insulation after each powered device.
3. using isolator equipment with different chips at each stage.
i have learned the hard way that fighting ground level noise, RFI/EMI and other network noise is a gradual rather than binary solution at each step and that in digital audio ‘less is more’ doesn‘t apply as it does in the analogue section. Equally the whole bits are bits debate seems churlish against this background
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@marco1 - That has been my experience also with AI, that it not only states its position on the topic but that it usually also provides a level of back-up supporting the answer provided. At times when it is wrong, I have found it worthwhile to simply call it out, "hey, your comment about XYZ is not correct because...", and then AI usually responds back in support of my correction and even gives a reason why they found their previous answer to be in error. I suspect that information goes into their database to help in answering future questions. |
@antigrunge2 sorry bout that😎 |
Digital signals live in an analog world. They are transmitted as analog square waves. As analog waves, they are prone to timing and noise issues. Each system has a different mix of problems/issues and no specific solution is universally applicable. Your mileage may vary! There are a lot of real and effective solutions shared here. Thanks for sharing. |
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