17-Jun-2022, 05:57
(16-Jun-2022, 23:23)markush Wrote: Shouldn’t Ethernet provide the best audio quality input for the Devialets?
The Ethernet connection provides excellent sound quality. However, the Core Infinity board doesn't have an OCXO clock (let alone two 44.1 and 48 kHz and multiples) for best jitter performance. At the same time, you'd really need a lot of extra investment to achieve better than the Ethernet connection. In my case around USD10,000. Was it worth it? Probably not. I started compiling my external streaming set-up before the CI board came out and was already pretty good by the release of the CI board. I had a chance to borrow an upgraded unit from the dealer and the results were close. My streaming set-up sounded smoother, more detailed, and with a better timbre of instruments. It is probably partly the streaming hardware and partly the software. Devialet can use Air or Roon Ready whereas my streamer also can use HQ Player NAA which I find significantly better than Roon Ready as an endpoint. I eventually decided not to upgrade to D1000 from D800 for this reason but @Confused did and he still uses an external streamer as far as I know.
Win10/HQPlayer / Roon - Uptone Audio Etherregen switch / SOtM-SMS-200 ultra with clock input - Mutec REF 10 clock for the switch and the streamer - Denafrips GAIA DCC - Devialet D800 - YG Acoustics Carmel - Dual Elac SUB-2090
power supplies: Uptone JS-2, SOtM SPS-500
