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by Bencat57
Wed Jan 11, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Digital Streamer Geek / Nerd / Guru Help required please
Replies: 16
Views: 2410
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Re: Digital Streamer Geek / Nerd / Guru Help required please

@TheRealAleMan If you are using Virgin and it is cable then you can only use a Virgin Hub as the router . What are you using now and what service do you have ?
by Bencat57
Wed Jan 11, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Quad ESL 57 buying advice, please
Replies: 66
Views: 56866
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Re: Quad ESL 57 buying advice, please

I have not updated this for a while and I have made some quite big changes which has changed things . Firstly I have to admit to not ever getting this system working the way I wanted it to , or perhaps more imagined it would . So much so that I did not use it as much as I should plus I was a little ...
by Bencat57
Wed Jan 11, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: Bake-Offs
Topic: 2023 WAM show announced!
Replies: 30
Views: 38526
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Re: 2023 WAM show announced!

As I did in 2022 I will have a room for the show but I will be bringing a different system to this one . I love this show and all that the weekend brings . I get to listen to new music talk with people who are not looking at me strange when I mention odd things like reclockers . This year I am going...
by Bencat57
Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:58 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying
Replies: 29
Views: 4461
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Re: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying

As with all things the original design and implementation of the DAC will have a relevance to what happens to when you add a DDE . But even if I read that I had a DAC with the very best FEMTO clock etc I would still either borrow a DDE or pick up one at a cheapish used price that would mean i could ...
by Bencat57
Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:14 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying
Replies: 29
Views: 4461
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Re: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying

Paul it is like everything in any product , much depends on what the clock is and how important the designer thought that item was. As noted above the cheapest and most commonly used clock is a quartz crystal and this has reasonable accuracy . Then you move up to FEMTO clocks which have huge uplift ...
by Bencat57
Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:29 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying
Replies: 29
Views: 4461
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Re: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying

I make no claims to know why the addition of DDE units improves sound . Above is an explanation of what using a more accurate and stable clock can do and I am sure there is something in this but i suspect it is not the full story . I do not have or use a USB DAC so the Denafrips unit while interesti...
by Bencat57
Mon Oct 10, 2022 11:40 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying
Replies: 29
Views: 4461
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Re: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying

Well being using the Audio GD for a couple of days now and the sound has opened out even more and I have already made my mind up this is not going back . In fact I am looking for another one if I can to install in my main system as well .
by Bencat57
Sun Oct 09, 2022 6:37 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Quad ESL 57 buying advice, please
Replies: 66
Views: 56866
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Re: Quad ESL 57 buying advice, please

Okay just a follow up I collected my NVA P60 on Thursday but that is a very small part of the story but will leave that to other times . When I say I picked up my P60 amp that is probably not that true . After the work NVA has done there is very little of my amp left that is not replaced or new . Ac...
by Bencat57
Sun Oct 09, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying
Replies: 29
Views: 4461
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Re: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying

@slinger I know exactly what you mean which is why I posted about this one as it is much cheaper and could be tried without too much loss if you have to resell the unit as it does not work for you . I do not know how they made the Audio GD but it was not hugely expensive unit when it was current but...
by Bencat57
Sun Oct 09, 2022 1:15 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying
Replies: 29
Views: 4461
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Digital Re-Clockers a strange thing but worth trying

One of the current buzz things for digital music has been the use of digital re-clockers the most prominent of which is the Mutec 3+USB which has become almost a fetish club in its own right with those that use them being as zealous as early Naim owners about their use. Now I know that the Mutec was...