Cybershaft in Japan recently launches new 10M ocxo clock series : Ultimate clocks & Limited2 clocks. They are extremely hot items in Hong Kong now?
http://www.cybershaft.jp/a-products/ultimate1.html
Many of my audiophile friends got them already and commented that these new models gave much better performance than the old models.
However, the prices are much higher now.
One of my audiophile friend was mean and bought only the OP17 model, whereas most of the other friends got the top OP20 model.
(Please refer to the above-mentioned Japanese website for their diff specifications.)
Their main diff is just 3 dBc/hz of phase noise at 1 Hz but there is a price diff of around 40%!
A very cruel shootout was performed 2 days ago : Cybershaft Ultimate 10M Clocks OP20 vs OP17 ?
The 10M clock in use at the back was an OP20 ; The one standing-by at the front was an OP17 :
The two 10M clocks were tested on the CH Precision C1 DAC which had been installed its optional Clock Input Card.
We found that the best configuration of Cybershaft 10M clock for the C1 DAC were : high-output and 75 ohm output.
The shootout result can be summarized in a few words : There was a night-&-day difference in sonic performance!
Compared to an older Cybershaft model of Op14, the newer Ultimate OP17 gave incremental improvement in sonic performance?
However OP20 gave a quantum leap) ?
OP20 is in a completely different league!
Similar to other bands/models of audiophile clocks, the effect of Cybershaft Ultimate Clocks are to make the sound more focused, give higher resolution and higher agility/micro-dynamics.
The effect of OP17 was like cleaning a glass window thoroughly, making it spotless & dustless.
But the effect of OP20 seemed like to have removed the glass window completely. The audiences were then inside the concert venue and the images there seemed to be real/touchable!
The friends and I after the shootout concluded that if the budget is tight, get an OP13/14.
But for top level DAC such as top models of Esoteric or dCS, please consider "one step to heaven" and get the OP20! It's unbelievable!
http://www.cybershaft.jp/a-products/ultimate1.html
Many of my audiophile friends got them already and commented that these new models gave much better performance than the old models.
However, the prices are much higher now.
One of my audiophile friend was mean and bought only the OP17 model, whereas most of the other friends got the top OP20 model.
(Please refer to the above-mentioned Japanese website for their diff specifications.)
Their main diff is just 3 dBc/hz of phase noise at 1 Hz but there is a price diff of around 40%!
A very cruel shootout was performed 2 days ago : Cybershaft Ultimate 10M Clocks OP20 vs OP17 ?
The 10M clock in use at the back was an OP20 ; The one standing-by at the front was an OP17 :
The two 10M clocks were tested on the CH Precision C1 DAC which had been installed its optional Clock Input Card.
We found that the best configuration of Cybershaft 10M clock for the C1 DAC were : high-output and 75 ohm output.
The shootout result can be summarized in a few words : There was a night-&-day difference in sonic performance!
Compared to an older Cybershaft model of Op14, the newer Ultimate OP17 gave incremental improvement in sonic performance?
However OP20 gave a quantum leap) ?
OP20 is in a completely different league!
Similar to other bands/models of audiophile clocks, the effect of Cybershaft Ultimate Clocks are to make the sound more focused, give higher resolution and higher agility/micro-dynamics.
The effect of OP17 was like cleaning a glass window thoroughly, making it spotless & dustless.
But the effect of OP20 seemed like to have removed the glass window completely. The audiences were then inside the concert venue and the images there seemed to be real/touchable!
The friends and I after the shootout concluded that if the budget is tight, get an OP13/14.
But for top level DAC such as top models of Esoteric or dCS, please consider "one step to heaven" and get the OP20! It's unbelievable!