Mutec MC-3+ USB

[zdenes]

Dear Mutec users,

I have finally put together my dream system based on a Mutec MC-3 usb fed by a Paul Hynes LPS.

Mojo Evo USB -> Mutec (clocked by a Cybershaft OP21A) -> AES/EBU -> Devialet 1000

Would you mind sharing your Mutec configuration?

Thank you.

Cheers,
Bernard

I use the Mutec MC3+USB (two actually in series) with the SOtM SMS200 ultra streamer feeding it (well there is a SOtM txUSB ultra in between but that doesn't effect the setting). I have a PC server that runs Roon + HQPlayer combo. I set the upsampling in HQPlayer to DSD256 now but earlier I also used 192kHz/24 bit. They sound somewhat different, even after 4 years, I'm not sure which sounds better. Anyhow, so now, the SOtM HQPlayer NAA receives DSD256 and passes it straight to the Mutec which converts in to 192kHz. I know it makes little sense to upconvert to DSD when it is converted back but a lot of experts say that this way the signal transfer is less susceptible to noise. I set nothing on the Mutec, the incoming signal is USB (3 lights on), the clocking is external + reclocking as I also have the Ref 10. My second Mutec is connected by AES/EBU and already sees 192kHz and doesn't alter it, just reclocks again. AES/EBU to the Devialet which also sees 192kHz. The DSD stream from the server is SDM, so not DoP as Mutec can handle it. I have not been able to figure out the sampling rate conversion options that the Mutec can apparently do (despite reading the manual carefully) so on the right, all those green lights are in the top raw.