Mutec MC-3+

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Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and I have some questions about a particular use of this product.

 

I'm currently designing a pair of active filtered 3-way speakers. The active filtering is performed by a minidsp nanoDIGI (which unfortunately reclockes everything to 96khz) , and the amplification concists with one full digital amp per channel. The source: Foobar2000 on a pc.

Between the pc and the nanodigi I intend to use a mutec MC-3 + usb.

 

My question is: Would there be an interest in using an MC-3 + (non-usb) by the outputs of the nanoDIGI, one per channel, before attacking the amps or it would be a waste of money ?

 

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Thank you for youre reply modmix and yes, normaly the nanoDIGI can compensate the delay added by the MC-3+.

 

Now I am telling myself that it is not so simple to see clearly.

A full digital amp also operate a PCM conversion to PWM ... and the clocks used are not really fantastic either ... but there, is not obvious to do something about it...

 

Reading the various tests about the MC-3 +, I realized that successive reclocking had the advantage of lowering the noise level, thus improving the clarity of the sound message. But, what about when the dac is of a lower quality or, as here, the conversion operated by the chip of the full digital amp ...? Do these last elements not destroy the efforts of the MC-3 +?

I am not sure now of the advantages of such interface (mc-3+) in my use ...

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Hum, I'm not sure that you understood my approach ... but hey ... well, the important thing is to participate .. isn't it? (I'm joking of course ... but not so much that either .. a kind of "French paradox" ...)    

 

 

 

 

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I don't,. It's just un Idea !

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If I were you I would wait for the "Munich High End" within a couple of weeks before investing in a mc3+usb ...
One never knows... I can easily imagine a kind of "mini mc3 + Usb "... identical to the mc3+usb but without the " world clock " inputs and outputs...and a little cheaper ... as suggested by different journalists of the specialized press .. (See for example the conclusion here : Andrew Everard for HiFi News). In any case, it would be a good idea from Mutec... "Hope brings life" 

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What is certain is that with the feedback of the Hi-Fi press and users on its products, Mutec would benefit from moving more towards this market while keeping these prices relatively competitive, their design quality While - at the same time - simplifying their solutions for this purpose.

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29 minutes ago, Abtr said:

An MC1.2 + galvanic isolation..?

Not only, but also including "MUTEC 1G clock technology and "Latest generation REVIVE-re-sync" and also better quality power supply... As I said before, just a mc3+usb but without sync connections to an external atomic clock ... frankly useless in hi-fi.

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New visual identity for mutec

"MUTEC’s new visual identity also marks an important step for the company, which is now confirming a stronger focus on the hi-fi consumer audio market, reflecting the success of the MC-3+ Smart Clock USB with MUTEC’s sophisticated 1G-Clock and REVIVE Re-Clocking technologies. The company has new products in the works, which will be even better suited to the consumer market." ( in audioxpress )
 

 

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Other example : "Canare". They make very good BNC to RCA cables which scrupulously meets the 75 ohm standards. No need to pay more.

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These remarks about MQA should be held on a specific topic.

That said, in the opinion of many specialists, and the cross-media analysis of the media and what has happened in the last 15 years in the audio industry, MQA seems to be only a further attempt by the Majors in order to restrict access to cultural information to a medium (like DRM), this time under cover of alleged sound improvements* ...
And the last comment of AudioPhill is rather obvious
 

2 hours ago, AudioPhil said:

(...)As soon as you tinker with the signal in the slightest way (EQ, Cross-Over, Headphone related stuff, no matter what) MQA is gone.

But this is by design of MQA and it isn't necessarily a bad thing. This just happens to maintain the integrity of the MQA stream, so this is just a part of the game.

 

Best,

AudioPhil

 

Does anyone really want to play this game ?

 

Ok, no worries " if you do not have a suitable equipment, you will always hear the content but in a banal quality."
This promise of "superior quality"* as a new norm, is once again announced as a programmed obsolescence...
But there will always be some to be fooled... alas...

Sympathetically
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* In fact, it degrades the quality ... Read this in order to understand why  :"Hypothesis Paper to support a deeper Technical Analysis of MQA ( Master Quality Authenticated )" by Stephan Hotto  /  XiVero GmbH

( ps. Sorry AufioPhil, you are not particularly designated by my little diatribe, it's just that your last sentence served my purpose particularly well.)

 

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