Mutec REF 10 Masterclock

[Tand]

Christmas came early. 

Just ordered a Ref10 to my Mutec and Rednet.

 

Has anyone used Ghents 75ohm clock cable?  They offer a 0,5 m to 15 usd on their homepage. 

 

Tommy 

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Nice review  MItch751. My Ref10 should arrive next week. Looking forward to it,

 

 

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Hi

I jumped on the Habst CA group buy this summer and here is my short report after about 2 weeks of listening.

 

First listening:

 

2 weeks ago. Connected Habst BNC 75 ohm, 2 brand new cables in my system.. The cables were  connected to the Clock Outputs (44.1 and 48 khz) from my Vivaldi Master Clock to Vivaldi Dac. Steaming from Tidal. 

 

In the system before Habst: 2 x Canare 12G SDI-4K cable 3 feet

 

Fist impresions after about 30 min.

Clean, airy. Velvet midrange, very detailed maybe less body in midrange than before - this could be an abscence of coloration, I think. Tight, dynamic, deep bass. Detalis in the background never heard before. Image and instruments between speakers are laser stable. Very “black” background.

 

And all this with just cables from clock to dac. Very impressive. I felt this was a major upgrade allready!

 

 

After 50 hours burn in:

 

 

Now 3 Habst BNC scables in my system:

 

2 from dCS Vivaldi Clock to Vivaldi Dac 

1 from Ref10 to MC3+ USB

 

The sound is really, really good now!  Black background. Lots of details but never in a bad way, sounds very musical. The music has a rhytm and drive with deep soundstage.  It is very easy to let the music engage you in a way that never before.

 

 

 

So far:

 

The conclusion so far is that the Habst cables let the Ref10 really shine. For me it has been a big upgrade.

 

I expect the next mind blowing level will be when I change the generic clock cables for the Ref input on the Vivaldi clock and to my 2 x sCLK cards from SOtM feeding the RedNet 16 R+switch and my clocked (4 tabs) Mac mini. 

 

Exciting times ahead!

 

Tommy

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tand]

https://audiobacon.net/2018/10/25/mutec-ref-10-master-clock-the-digital-audios-heartbeat/

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On 12/22/2019 at 3:59 AM, MarkS said:

I have looked through this entire thread.  It is incredibly interesting.  Can someone with a dCS Vivaldi system please tell me if they think adding the Mutec REF 10 as the reference clock for the Vivaldi Master Clock was an upgrade?  If I get the Mutec, I would also "clock" my EtherRegen with the Mutec reference clock.  It might be worth a try.

 

Separately, I am using four 1.25M Nordost Valhalla 2 75ohm BNC cables to word clock my three box Vivaldi system (dac, clock, and upsampler).  I see a lot of back and forth about Habst cables and also about cable length.  I recall reading something about 1.25M having some magic to it for digital cables, but I could be wrong.  Where does one get these Habst cables and are they what people think are best for clock cables?  If I get the Mutec, I would need to clock cables (one to the dCS Clock and one to the EtherRegen).  I am particularly interested to hear from @austinpop regarding the Habst bnc clocking cables.  He has provided me with invaluable advice.

 

Happy holidays everyone!!

 

Hi Mark S

 

I am using a "half stack" - a Vivaldi dac and clock with a Mutec REF10 with Habst BNC.

 

First I was very happy when upgrading my Vivaldi dac with the Vivaldi clock. But it was when adding a REF10 it got really interesting. As I recall I thought the REF10 upgrade was much better than first adding the Vivaldi clock on its own. When Habst BNC cables where used compared to generic BNC it added a sense of focus, calmnes and better dynamics which connects me closer to the music.

 

Next step for me in january will be to upgrade my REF10 to REF10 SE-120 with -120 dBc/Hz😃.

 

Happy holidays!

 

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12 hours ago, auricgoldfinger said:

 

Has Mutec made an official announcement about an upgrade path, or even officially announced the REF 10 SE-120 is available for purchase?

 

Hi auricgoldfinger and @LowMidHigh

 

I have not seen any announcement from Mutec but as I read about the SE-120 in here and WBF, I sent a mail to Mutec and was able to reserve one of the oscillators they had incoming. Very happy for this as I understand there is a very small numbers available right now.