Popular Post Nikko1960 Posted April 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2021 I took delivery of the AfterDark Reference OCXO clock for EtherRegen - the Queen 75ohm square wave version with additional discount for folks from this forum and a free clock cable. I also bought the AfterDark Black Modernize LPS to power it. I am only 6 hours after powering it up but... wow! If you are on the fence on this item, get off now and buy one. Don't do what I did - get the expensive version. This is a superb addition to my system - not a subtle improvement at all. Thanks Adrian, and I wish I had listened to your first suggestion (buy the Emperor). AfterDark. and nichino 1 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Nikko1960 Posted April 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2021 Now I understand why Adrian suggests waiting a week for the clock to settle down. Actually, I am just 5 days in. Everything keeps getting better. if you have an EtherRegen, this is a no-brainier upgrade. AfterDark. and nichino 1 1 Link to comment
Nikko1960 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Maybe I missed something on the cable discussion. But if (like me) you have the AD clock, why not (also like me) buy their top cable? https://www.adark.co/products/afterdark-project-clayx-black-river-carbon-fiber-woven-xlr-cable Link to comment
Popular Post Nikko1960 Posted December 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, lyndonlim said: Wow.. Martin T was right this AD clock does bring a lot to table. I was quite sceptical initially not about the product itself but more about how much an external clock for an ethernet switch could improve SQ. The sq difference i am now starting to hear is significant.. more detail, more analog, instruments seem to have more shape and lower frequency in the music which was once inaudible can now be picked up. Indeed it does. Like you, I was doubtful as to how much a clock could add to an ethernet switch (although the impact of the ER was by then clear to me). Therefore, I bought the entry-level Queen clock and LPS combo to begin with and, wow, nice improvement. So much so that, six months later, I upgraded the clock to the Emperor Crown SE, a move made easier by the 100% refund Adrian kindly offered against returning the Queen. I upgraded to his Black River clock cable at the same time. The improvement was not even subtle. I managed to convince a friend to buy an ER first, and then an Afterdark clock/LPS combo. As I put it to him, the ER is just a vehicle to introduce the magic of a high quality OCXO clock into the reproduction stream. Superdad, AfterDark. and lyndonlim 1 2 Link to comment
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