Master/slave link

[GuillaumeB]

I must say it is most odd that the Crystal cable doesn't work particularly well with the dual monos, it's almost as though there is some weird incompatibility thing going on. Most odd that so many people are finding the same thing, including some dealers I have spoken to. The same cable apparently works well with other gear and it's not as though Crystal make bad cables, quite the opposite! Some of their stuff sounds fantastic, particularly their speaker cables which I've heard on a few occasions. Love the form factor too.

It does beg the question of whether Devialet ever really tested the Crystal SPDIF with their equipment, it seems that a cheaper cable would have worked much better. I mean it's not exactly a great advertisement for Crystal either!

The Chord Sarum TA digital cable is very good, it was this cable that I used in its AES/EBU guise between my MiND 180 and Master before I got the totaldac d1. I did compare the Transparent Ref XL directly to the Sarum TA SPDIF between Master and Companion. I had honestly wanted the Chord Sarum TA cable to win the day but the Transparent one was just leaps better and once I had heard it I just couldn't turn back. 

Guillaume