Hi Friends,
I am using airport express as the transport (the oldest model which is better in comparison to the newer model). It is connected to Schiit modi dac via spdif optical toslink.
I have both models and have tested both the older and newer models of airport express as transport and have observed that the older model sounds better, even though the DAC is same. I had read on net that jitter from transport is carried tothe dac and a normal dac cannot remove it.
So my question is which DAC i can use that has reclocking for the incoming spdif optical and it then outputs a cleaner stream.
Or is it worthwhile to use a separate spdif reclocker like wyred4sound, the monarchy audio DIP, synchro mesh, etc. These reclockers are in the range of 400 to 600 usd, hence expensive already. Such reclockers will be used between the transport and DAC.
Thanks.
Amit.
I am using airport express as the transport (the oldest model which is better in comparison to the newer model). It is connected to Schiit modi dac via spdif optical toslink.
I have both models and have tested both the older and newer models of airport express as transport and have observed that the older model sounds better, even though the DAC is same. I had read on net that jitter from transport is carried tothe dac and a normal dac cannot remove it.
So my question is which DAC i can use that has reclocking for the incoming spdif optical and it then outputs a cleaner stream.
Or is it worthwhile to use a separate spdif reclocker like wyred4sound, the monarchy audio DIP, synchro mesh, etc. These reclockers are in the range of 400 to 600 usd, hence expensive already. Such reclockers will be used between the transport and DAC.
Thanks.
Amit.
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