[Oepsie]

Jay.. mine arrived today! 90/98 version. Having auditioned my friends di-20 last week and read though this entire thread, I decided to go for it in my main setup between my sotm sms-200 and my electrocompaniet ecd-1 dac. Coming from a gustard u12 which I loved, the di-20 is better in every way; more body to the sound, more impact, more bas control (not so open as the gustard though but might be due to burn in). Will be interesting to hear the changes the next weeks. Should have about 100 hours from the store..

 

[JaMo]

Jay.. mine arrived today! 90/98 version. Having auditioned my friends di-20 last week and read though this entire thread, I decided to go for it in my main setup between my sotm sms-200 and my electrocompaniet ecd-1 dac. Coming from a gustard u12 which I loved, the di-20 is better in every way; more body to the sound, more impact, more bas control (not so open as the gustard though but might be due to burn in). Will be interesting to hear the changes the next weeks. Should have about 100 hours from the store..

Let it burn in for at least 2 weeks with constant power on..To get its full performance

 

[comzee]

I was clued into the DI-20 when it first came out, but had literally just bought a Singxer SU-6.
Have always planned to buy di-20he, but wanted to wait for people to get solid impressions on it.
Now that this thread has matured, is there any consensus on:

#1 External clock vs using the upgraded internal 90/98M clocks?
#2 If external clock, what are people using, anything sticking out as the best?

 

[FredA]

I was clued into the DI-20 when it first came out, but had literally just bought a Singxer SU-6.
Have always planned to buy di-20he, but wanted to wait for people to get solid impressions on it.
Now that this thread has matured, is there any consensus on:

#1 External clock vs using the upgraded internal 90/98M clocks?
#2 If external clock, what are people using, anything sticking out as the best?

Everyone who got an external clock enjoyed a small to very noticeable improvement it seems.
The best units are Mutec and Cybershaft i read.

Even with the onboard accusilicons, the sound quality is excellent. But you need patience as they take very long to reach their full potential.

I you plan on getting a dac with a 10M input as well, investing in an external clock brings a much bigger benefit it seems from comments here, which just makes sense.

 

[FredA]

Just got my Morion ocxo from Ebay's queenland. Good sounding but a high-pitched noise is emited by the crystal itself and ruins the experience. I'll see what the sellers says about it.

 

[comzee]

Just got my Morion ocxo from Ebay's queenland. Good sounding but a high-pitched noise is emited by the crystal itself and ruins the experience. I'll see what the sellers says about it.

That sucks, well maybe in the meantime cover it with a few blankets or something until you get a new one ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm really interested to hear your impressions on the Morion, because that's exactly what I'm planning. DI-20HE with Morion.
@rsbrsvp said earlier in this thread it was a significant improvement.

What are people powering their Morions with by the way? I see it takes 12v in, I was thinking about an iPower X https://ifi-audio.com/products/ipowerx/

 

[FredA]

That sucks, well maybe in the meantime cover it with a few blankets or something until you get a new one ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm really interested to hear your impressions on the Morion, because that's exactly what I'm planning. DI-20HE with Morion.
@rsbrsvp said earlier in this thread it was a significant improvement.

What are people powering their Morions with by the way? I see it takes 12v in, I was thinking about an iPower X https://ifi-audio.com/products/ipowerx/

I use this psu:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/25W-TALEMA-...&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&redirect=mobile

 

[newabc]

What are people powering their Morions with by the way? I see it takes 12v in, I was thinking about an iPower X https://ifi-audio.com/products/ipowerx/

If it takes 12v DC and < 1.5A, you can get a Teradak DC-30w 12V DC version(there is a AC version, be careful). It is better than a lot of linear power supplies and not cheap. Either from ebay/aliexpress or from the Teradak producer official store on taobao.com(Teradak(少帅音响)). And its official store has many DC-30w versions with different technologies, sometime with double price as the basic one.

I am using a most basic model of DC-30w 12VDC to my external clock.

 

[newabc]

I use this psu:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/25W-TALEMA-...&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&redirect=mobile

Hi Fred, it looks like the Breeze Audio(store name "伟良音响DIY" on taobao.com) designing. I recognized its outlook because it was the 1st LPS I met on an online store. By the way, there is no official Breeze Audio store on aliexpress or ebay, regarding to the replies of "伟良音响DIY".

 

[FredA]

This is a good unit and this seller is reliable, meaning my ebay seller.

As for Weiliang, he has a pretty good reputation. He is Breeze audio.

 

[comzee]

I know it's a lot of marketing bullsh*t, but ifi iPower X claims much lower noise floor than a linear PSU. I might just try it out to start, since it's pretty cheap.

 

[newabc]

This is a good unit and this seller is reliable.

I was forced to get 2 bluetooth to SPDIF convertors on ebay only because Weiliang doesn't have an ebay or aliexpress store. The shipping from Weiliang's Foshan Factory on Taobao.com to US costs a lot more than the ebay seller and has lots of limitation.

 

[newabc]

I know it's a lot of marketing bullsh*t, but ifi iPower X claims much lower noise floor than a linear PSU. I might just try it out to start, since it's pretty cheap.

This is the basic one of DC-30w, $84 with shipping to US today. Teradak has a very long history on low voltage DC linear power supply.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TeraDak-DC...hash=item2acdcd3d4d:m:mabVZVSaWwTCyRG_gIbV51w

 

[FredA]

I know it's a lot of marketing bullsh*t, but ifi iPower X claims much lower noise floor than a linear PSU. I might just try it out to start, since it's pretty cheap.

The drawback with swiching psus is not the noise they have at the output but rather how they contaminate the power line. But i don't hear much of a difference with either feeding the ocxo.

 

[joyck888]

Just got my Morion ocxo from Ebay's queenland. Good sounding but a high-pitched noise is emited by the crystal itself and ruins the experience. I'll see what the sellers says about it.

I have received my unit with 2 square waves and 1 sine wave. No high pitched noise from my system. To me sound like the better tone and music seem to flow better. Only on for 30 mins, does clocks need some time to properly run-in?