michaelab
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I'm just about to start a new thread about my findings of the Apogee cable 
Michael.

Michael.
Originally posted by merlin
So we get drift and varying sizes of buffersWe don't get these issues with other Dacs, regardless of whether they use PLL at their inputs. Sorry but I don't see anything clever in that, in addition, using a very high precision off board clock with clock link inputs on transport and Dac will offer similar benefits, without the attendant failings.
Not really merlin. The buffer allows the DAC to average the clock over the buffer period. Even if you have a relatively high amount of jitter in the input, the averaging will more than likely eliminate most of it.Originally posted by merlin
So we get drift and varying sizes of buffersWe don't get these issues with other Dacs, regardless of whether they use PLL at their inputs. Sorry but I don't see anything clever in that, in addition, using a very high precision off board clock with clock link inputs on transport and Dac will offer similar benefits, without the attendant failings.
Originally posted by wadia-miester
End of the day boys it's actualy more suspectable to transport and cable selection than a lot of other dacs', maybe this is why the MKII has a clock link ability, that will be utilised when the matching transport is released soon.WM
AFAIK the MkII doesn't have clock link ability. Their new transport (not yet released but it will be at the Heathrow show) does but that may be for compatability with other DACs. The 2 BNC inputs on the MkII are to enable 192kHz inputs, not for clock linking.Originally posted by merlin
I agree there WM. And why would they add a clock link if the buffer actually worked as described![]()
Originally posted by michaelab
AFAIK the MkII doesn't have clock link ability. Their new transport (not yet released but it will be at the Heathrow show) does but that may be for compatability with other DACs. The 2 BNC inputs on the MkII are to enable 192kHz inputs, not for clock linking.
Michael.
Originally posted by michaelab
What really matters is whether the DAC64 sounds good and to my ears (and a not insignificant number of other peoples ears) it's the best sound to come from 16/44.1 CD that exists, bar none
Michael.