As an addendum, I have been having a conversation with Shunyata on the order in which to upgrade my other cables. They advised that the AES upgrade should be first, in preference to Clock cables and the Ethernet cable from the switch to the dCS…….
I used a vovox textura AES/EBU initially from my dCS network bridge to the kii3’s. Quite well reviewed. Sounded great. About a year later I switched to an audioquest diamond. The improvement was huge.
Meantime, other upgrades included shunyata omega xc/Everest power. Again great and I am...
Joe,
The M versions are not so new, but I expect to only start to move to them in the near future. This will leave me with a surfeit of the older versions. I am thinking that I might try stacking them, I.e, regular version under M version.
Any thoughts on this?
best wishes
aubrey
Hi Matty,
Just got in my second order of 2 x 1 metre of the same clock cables and they are wowing me just as much as the first set. In total I have 5 external clocking options...so still one remaining. Plan to order it soon. By the way in case you have an ether regen, my experience is that...
Kenny,
Very interesting. I guess what I can take away from this is that we have both found that good sfp/fibre blows away mid level copper. Also that I should try a better clock cable for my etherregen.
Jay's review pretty much nails it. One more thing to be added. In my system the...
Hi,
I use a similar system with fiber optic (finnisar) to SOTM from NAS and Copper from Router. But instead of 1, have two etherregen switches in the cascade feeding a dCS network bridge. My DAC's are in the speakers and have no external clocking options.
I found the top of the line...
MattyW.
Your/Geoff's cables been in my system for about 3 hours and I am surprised by the improvement. I am still trying to figure out how 2 small 30 cm cables can make such a difference.
It seems to me now that clock cables are the most critical cables in a system. Who would have thought...
Apologies, so noted. Meantime I meant to ask, what did you upgrade the Tchernov from? Since I am not familiar with that brand, maybe I knew your earlier cable.
Many thanks. I'm familiar with NOS tinned copper cabling, which similar. Love it and am using lots of it in my system. Didnt realise it could be used for clock cables too.
Afterdark in Hong Kong have just started doing word clocks (specifically for dCS gear) which include a power supply designed for the clock. These also have 3-5 10M outputs for added flexibility. Around 3K, depending on the model. I am using the word clock outputs to my Network Bridge, with...
Just been through the process of upgrading my optical connections. Afterdark Audio in Hong Kong is a great resource. Enough focus (its confusing initially) and study on their website will leave you with a good understanding of the issues. Their recommendations work and they sell end to end...
LS 0.8 experience with active stand mounted speakers
Summary
The intent was to see if, i) active, and ii) stand mounted speakers could benefit from the LS 0.8’s. The answer is simply yes, in the case of the Kii3 loudspeaker. Money well spent.
The LS literature rather elegantly promises a...