Guillaume's hi-fi system

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Hi guys,

I sold my Absolare Integrated amp! 

I was pretty nervous about selling this, I needn't have been as I am now having an absolute ball with a 220 Pro! 

Currently using a 220 Pro connected to a pair of SOtM switches (sNH-10G w/ sCLK-EX clock module and 10 MHz master clock input connector) bridged via fibre patch lead and with both switches connected to a Cybershaft OP14 master clock using 50ohm clock cables and BNC T adapters fitted with 50ohm termination plugs connected to each switch clock input. I am using a Sigma Ethernet cable to connect the Devialet to the "outbound" switch. I actually helped to develop this cable so pretty proud of it. Overall you could say a SOTA streaming setup. 

Let's just say that the results are pretty spectacular, in fact I cannot remember a Devialet ever sounding this great. I am serious!

I have a lot of options to play with power-wise as you would imagine, at the moment I am running a power cable direct to the wall into a dedicated 20A circuit. I started off with the new Venom NR and was really happy with this. Then I replaced with a Delta NR and now I am using an Alpha EF. This was quite good fun; the Devialet is so transparent that the differences are pretty easy to hear and appreciate. A good exercise for me since I need to sell these cables to dealers.

Next steps will be to introduce some mains conditioning to the mix, but I am in no hurry as I am enjoying each step.

The TotalDAC trapezoids are still on the shelves peering at me, or perhaps I should say glare. I imagine I will try and see what happens if I feed the analogue output of the d1 seven to the 220 PRO. Will also compare the d1 server to the Core Infinity board.

Once again the switching/ethernet tweaks have been a revelation.   Pretty much a game changer for me. 

Guillaume

Which of the box s makes the biggest difference ? Or is it a case of all or nothing?
I’m not even sure I understand what you did there. Why 2 boxes of switches ? And why you decided to use 2 deferent clocks ( sCLK-EX clock module and 10 MHz master clock PLUS Cybershaft OP14 master clock )

Did you try to feed the d1 with it at all ?



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The SOtM switch comes in a number of guises in typical SOtM fashion 

So the switches I have are the ones with the sCLK-EX clock module built-in. It's a different colour too - black as opposed to silver for the standard switch. That's how you can tell if it has the sCLK-EX clock module.

The Cybershaft is a 10 MHz master clock and the SOtM switches have 50ohm master clock inputs (you need to specify the sCLK-EX clock module to get this).

I wouldn't say that its a case of all or nothing, just using a single SOtM sNH-10G makes a nice difference (it's quite a bit better than my AQVOX switch). The bridged setup (with optical link) is another jump in performance and the master clock takes things to a whole new level.

Yes I tried this and a number of other combinations with the d1 server/d1-seven (feeding the Absolare). 

When I have a bit of time I will write up my experiences with the different switches including the Telegartner M12 Gold, which was equally impressive as a single box solution.

Cheers,

Guillaume 

Hi Guillaume,

Thanks for sharing. I am not quite understand how switch can help, isn’t Devialet has a built in buffer that should store data locally and it’s internal clock is re-clocking it anyway?

Do you have any idea?

Thanks