12-Jul-2014, 20:10
I am curious about the manner in which Devialet has chosen to link the master/slave units.
1. Since they are linked via a digital connection, wouldn't the sound of the slave be dependent on the quality/flavour of the digital interconnect used?
2. Plus, Devialet has chosen to use RCAs instead of BNCs so there may be impedance mismatches?
3. For dual mono DACs, there is usually a clock sync connection between them. In this case, unless there is a clock sync function implemented by Devialet, it would appear that the slave has to extract the clock from the signal sent by the master, leading to potential timing issues?
4. With AIR, Devialet could have chosen allow data to be streamed to both master/slave units either wirelessly or wired. If wired, then if the same type of ethernet cable were used for both units, the "flavour" would be the same. This does not solve the clock sync issues though.
1. Since they are linked via a digital connection, wouldn't the sound of the slave be dependent on the quality/flavour of the digital interconnect used?
2. Plus, Devialet has chosen to use RCAs instead of BNCs so there may be impedance mismatches?
3. For dual mono DACs, there is usually a clock sync connection between them. In this case, unless there is a clock sync function implemented by Devialet, it would appear that the slave has to extract the clock from the signal sent by the master, leading to potential timing issues?
4. With AIR, Devialet could have chosen allow data to be streamed to both master/slave units either wirelessly or wired. If wired, then if the same type of ethernet cable were used for both units, the "flavour" would be the same. This does not solve the clock sync issues though.