Re: GR-55 (Re: What is Boyson doing exactly?)

[richard sales <richard@glasswing.com>]

It smells a bit like clock issues.  Is there a clock input on the GR55? On 
your RME thing?

Might be irrelevant, but I found my sound improved noticeably when I 
slaved all digital stuff to a master clock.  "Dumbing down" sounds like 
clock weirdness.  Jitter?

I'm sure you know this, Per.  I just had a minute and felt like raising my 
hand in class, even if my answer was shaky.

Richard Sales
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On Sep 29, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Dust Bunnies <mech@m3ch.net> wrote:
>> S/PDIF
> 
> Well, the GR-55 doesn't have a S/PDIF.
> 
> And on second listening I'm not totally happy with how a clean Chapman
> Stick sounds right through the GR-55. Too early to say, but it seems
> there's something fishy with the "experienced brilliancy" dimension of
> the sound - compared to the RME (that sounds just gorgeous). The sound
> coming out of the GR-55 reminds me a bit of the dodgy feeling you get
> when playing a single coil guitar through an amp at a venue where the
> grounding sucks. Not sure this matters for everyone so please don't
> take this audiophile contemplation too seriously ;-)
> 
> Yesterday I thought the GR-55 sounded great! But then I wasn't using
> it as USB audio/MIDI interface but rather recorded its two line
> outputs into a stereo line input on the RME as well as MIDI slave
> syncing the GR-55. Maybe its fidelity gets a bit "dumbed down" by the
> USB audio activity? I thought that wouldn't affect the direct output
> though, but then I'm not very tech savvy.
> 
> Per
>