Audiocom Superclock 4

[Marco]

Hi Mark,

That sounds really good! So would you be willing to put us up at your place for discounted B&B rates whilst the work is carried out?

We'll bring the wine and beer!

Marco.

[Audiocom AV]

Hi Mark,

That sounds really good! So would you be willing to put us up at your place for discounted B&B rates whilst the work is carried out?

We'll bring the wine and beer!

Marco.

Hi Marco

My turn to apologise now for the late reply

I see you have sent a PM so I will have a read and reply to that.

Best,
Mark

[leo]

Should be a fun couple of days for you Marco

BTW the Superclock continues to improve, I even tried a few different PSU's to supply it, the differences are quite noticeable
The Ultraclock & its psu should prove very interesting if its even better

[John]

my experience was it took a good 250 hours to sound at its best

[Marco]

Hi Leo,

Should be a fun couple of days for you Marco

BTW the Superclock continues to improve, I even tried a few different PSU's to supply it, the differences are quite noticeable
The Ultraclock & its psu should prove very interesting if its even better

It should be - I'm looking forward to it. People such as Anthony TD and Stan often get praise for their particular abilities, and deservedly so, but Mark is a master of all things digital and capable of transforming merely good equipment into something truly exceptional!

We just need to agree a mutually suitable date

Marco.

[Audiocom AV]

Hi Leo,



It should be - I'm looking forward to it. People such as Anthony TD and Stan often get praise for their particular abilities, and deservedly so, but Mark is a master of all things digital and capable of transforming merely good equipment into something truly exceptional!

We just need to agree a mutually suitable date

Marco.

Thanks Marco.

I have sent you a PM

[Audiocom AV]

Should be a fun couple of days for you Marco

BTW the Superclock continues to improve, I even tried a few different PSU's to supply it, the differences are quite noticeable
The Ultraclock & its psu should prove very interesting if its even better

Hi Leo

Glad to learn the sound continues to improve.

I cannot stress enough the importance of clock power supply.

Which type of power supplies have you tried?

BTW, the Ultraclock power supply combined with Superclock 4 is a killer sound

Best,
Mark

[leo]

Hi Leo

Glad to learn the sound continues to improve.

I cannot stress enough the importance of clock power supply.

Which type of power supplies have you tried?

BTW, the Ultraclock power supply combined with Superclock 4 is a killer sound

Best,
Mark

Hi Mark,

I first tried the stock SMPS just to see how much it affected performance, definitely a drop in sound quality
I then tried basic LM317 which was better than the SMPS , I then added a cap multiplier which improved things further, I then tried ALW super reg and standard Teddy reg which was also pretty good but for me so far I got best results running from the 9v PH PR3 used to run the Duet, I just added an inductor onto the lead feeding the input of Superclock4, I was even going to try a battery

I'm going to build a Superteddy reg supply and see how this compares, I want to try it with the Caiman dac , Duet etc anyway , I've got most of the components so just need the bare pcb .
Its fun trying all this stuff out comparing results

Cheers,
Leo

[Audiocom AV]

Hi Mark,

I first tried the stock SMPS just to see how much it affected performance, definitely a drop in sound quality
I then tried basic LM317 which was better than the SMPS , I then added a cap multiplier which improved things further, I then tried ALW super reg and standard Teddy reg which was also pretty good but for me so far I got best results running from the 9v PH PR3 used to run the Duet, I just added an inductor onto the lead feeding the input of Superclock4, I was even going to try a battery

I'm going to build a Superteddy reg supply and see how this compares, I want to try it with the Caiman dac , Duet etc anyway , I've got most of the components so just need the bare pcb .
Its fun trying all this stuff out comparing results

Cheers,
Leo

Hi Leo

Did you go back to square one to try the SMPS with the Duet, or do you mean you used the SMPS to power the clock directly?

The Paul Hynes supplies are high performance and worth every penny.

Best,
Mark

[leo]

Hi Mark,

Sorry I wasn't very clear I tried going back to square one mainly because I'd like to see which mods bring the biggest gains, I also have a stock Duet receiver which is mainly used for reference.

Comparing the Superclocked Duet + Bybee on spdif against the stock Duet (both using SMPS ) is quite interesting, the modded one is noticeably better all around than the stock one to my ears.
Removing the SMPS and using a PR3 improves both units but now I find the gap between PR3 powered stock Duet and PR3 powered Superclocked Duet much greater .

So far, modding stock Duet with Superclock + Bybee on spdif or just PR3 with stock Duet prove to bring worthwhile gains but used together gives a real performance boost!
Whats even more interesting is comparing stock Duet + SMPS against Superclocked/Bybee Duet + PR3, IMHO the stock Duet with SMPS sounds rather poor.
The other regs I tried was mainly to try and add more isolation from the Superclocks input and Duets input DC from the external psu , theres still a few things to try yet after the Superclocks fully run in.