I’m considering a Rivo. From past experience with Ian Canada RPI SC-Pure clocking
and using Afterdark OCXO external clocks to clock DDC’s the quality of the
clocks used in a digital front end make a HUGE difference in the sound reproduced by the DAC.
One measure of how good a clocks “potential” performace could be is the close in Phase noise test results espeicall the dbc at 1hz and 10hz. The clocking directly correlates to potential jitter reduction
and in my experience the better the clock the more Analog relaxed and 3d sounding the music
The other important factor is the quality of the power supply to the clock circuit
Could @volumio report on the master clock implementaiton in the Rivo. What type is it i.e
tcxo, ocxo (i doubt this due to cost) . What freq does the base clock run at? and what are the
phase noise numbers for the clock?
hopefully the @volumio guys scan shed some light on the subject
cheers
Darrel. Auckland. NZ.