Teac 10MHz clock : CG - 10M

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TEAC will shortly release it's 4 output 10MHz Clock, confirmed to work with the UD-503 and NT-503.

 

Details posted on PhileWeb.

 

EAC will release the master clock generator "CG - 10M" which will transmit 10 MHz clock signal on October 28. Although it is an open price, actual sales at around 148,000 yen are expected.

CG-10M

 

External clock generator used in combination with USB-DAC, network player, CD player, etc. The company says "to maximize the performance of products that support all 10 MHz clock inputs." Product ( reference news ) which was exhibited at IFA was officially announced. 

The crystal oscillator which is the heart part adopts "TEAC Reference OCXO" (Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator) that the oscillation stability with the thermostat is high. High accuracy specifications with frequency temperature characteristics within +/- 3 ppb and frequency accuracy within ± 0.1 ppm were realized. 

Also, the analog meter on the front panel always displays the oscillation stable state inside OCXO which can not be confirmed. So that the stable operation state of the OCXO can be confirmed. 

Four gold-plated BNC terminals are equipped as output terminals. In addition to completely eliminating the interference between the systems by a completely independent circuit configuration, stable load current can be supplied by mounting a large-capacity toroidal core power transformer. 

The legs are proprietary three-point support pinpoint foot which patent also got, "It is easy to positively pinpoint groundable". Moreover, aluminum which is resistant to radio wave noise is adopted as the front / top and side panels. In TEAC products, it is said to have been confirmed with "UD - 503" and "NT - 503".

Back terminal part

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The Mutec REF-10 by all accounts makes an improvement which is proportional to its price .

 

Let's see what early adopters have to say, I'd be keen on the NT-503 and the new clock combo.

 

If only the clock would work with a computer's USB stream somehow.

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2 hours ago, esldude said:

We don't need early adopter opinions.  Early adopters think a box of dirt improves sound.  We need some reasonable measurements of timing error. Or improved analog results.  

You set up the tests and we might listen, with a lot of ifs buts and maybes. Old argument, and not welcome. I don't listen to numbers, sorry.

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Further to above link at Phileweb,  a feature page from TEAC. The feet should be sold as DIY. Instruction Manual is in Japanese.

 

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Thanks John for your insights. Nice to hear a new song, rather than the lame old ones.

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This vendor from Spain lists the CG-10M clock for EUR999 and there's the new streaming DAC and DAC NT-505, UD-505 as well. Barely 12 months for the UD-503 to be superseded.

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7 minutes ago, rickca said:

I found one vendor selling on amazon.com for $2500.  It's for CG-10M-S.  Does the Teac CG-10M have different quality clocks at different prices, or this just a huge discrepancy?

https://www.amazon.com/Generator-Reference-CG-10M-S-Domestic-products/dp/B076NG2NMG

The -S suffix is usually a silver edition as this nomenclature is taken from the NT and UD devices.

 I haven't seen one on Black (yet). There's only the one. The price originally was YEN148000, EUR1120, so the EUR999 is not far off the mark. USD1300 or 1500 perphaps but not USD2500 and the Amazon part is 100V if it's direct from Japan. The clock is very new, and maybe hard to deliver on short notice.

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24 minutes ago, Fyper said:

 

I'd think the REF10 is way better than the TEAC.

 

Well, it should be, since it's 4 times the price of the CG-10M. This is the issue, I could afford the CG-10M, but the REF10 would take a lot longer. Now if Mutec could produce a knocked down version, not so many ports, try 2 of each 50 and 75 Ohm output?