New D/D Converters from Denafrips

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I am intrigued by the fact that is has external clock inputs for 45.1548MHz and 49.152MHz, rather than the more common 10MHz as used by Mutec, SOtM, Teak, and others.

 

I presume this is for use with some kind of yet to be announced product?  Pure speculation on my part.

 

Is there a technical reason for the choice of 45.1548MHz and 49.152MHz?

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Looking at the manual for the Mutec MC3+USB, it states; "Scalable to FS1x512 clock rates, 22.5792 MHz & 24.576 MHz, for e.g. high-end audio interfaces" 

 

I note that these rates are exactly half that for the for the Denafrips.  

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10 minutes ago, vortecjr said:

What if the master clock from the LVDS i2s source is really good. 

Is it possible for the source clock to actually improve the DAC?  Say considering an exaggerated / hypothetical scenario where the source clock is perfect and the DAC clock is poor?  I guess the clock loses some accuracy by being remote from the DAC, but an interesting case to consider in theory.

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14 hours ago, Blake said:

In all cases, I found that inserting the DDC's in the chain is superior to USB direct (an admittedly small sample size of 3 DAC's). 

I have found the same with both models of Devialet amps (Expert, then Pro) I have owned, so a sample of 2 in my case, but the sonic benefits you describe very much match my own experiences.