03-May-2017, 12:32
It's a low budget S/PDIF "re-clocker". See the Mutec MC-3+ USB for a higher quality example.
I'm hoping Devialet doesn't use S/PDIF internally anywhere between its streamer/OS board and it's internal DAC. There's other protocols/standards more more suited and less flawed to that purpose (like I2S). Of course Devialet should take great care in using high quality clocks, power, power/ground domain isolation, impedance matching, low noise electrical/PCB design etc. etc. so we wouldn't "need" this type of external bandaids anymore. Considering the extremely limited space they have inside the Expert I'm not counting on it to become state of the art.
I'm hoping Devialet doesn't use S/PDIF internally anywhere between its streamer/OS board and it's internal DAC. There's other protocols/standards more more suited and less flawed to that purpose (like I2S). Of course Devialet should take great care in using high quality clocks, power, power/ground domain isolation, impedance matching, low noise electrical/PCB design etc. etc. so we wouldn't "need" this type of external bandaids anymore. Considering the extremely limited space they have inside the Expert I'm not counting on it to become state of the art.
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