21-Feb-2016, 23:49
Up to a point, yes. The potential for noise injection is pretty clear. I'm not sure I buy the argument about inconsistencies in the timing of the clock generated by the USB host, especially in the case where the DAC (Devialet) is in asynchronous mode. But I must add it's not something I've experimented with in any listening tests with so I'm only talking about what I would expect from a knowledge of how the hardware and software work.
Since Antoine said he's using the Mutec as a USB to AES/EBU converter, that doesn't say anything (I think) about whether there would be any sound quality improvement to be gained by re-clocking the USB. Again...I might be missing something, that's just my --possibly naive -- reading of the story so far.
Since Antoine said he's using the Mutec as a USB to AES/EBU converter, that doesn't say anything (I think) about whether there would be any sound quality improvement to be gained by re-clocking the USB. Again...I might be missing something, that's just my --possibly naive -- reading of the story so far.
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