[FredA]

Just switched the Ether-regen & DI-20 clocks to an external 10M clock and the results are nothing short of remarkable - highly recommended...now need to replace my R8 w/ a R7 to do the same there...

https://www.adark.co/collections/pr...eference-master-clock-audiophilestyle-edition

Mine is arriving on Monday if all goes as planned. I am impatient.

 

[emeeve]

Fingers crossed for you @Fred! I think you'll be impressed...

 

[FredA]

Fingers crossed for you @Fred! I think you'll be impressed...

I sure hope so.

 

[Jackula]

I'm currently using the RH7-HE2021 with a Linn / Naim combo. Works super great (passive setup). The R7HE is amazing !
Wondering what it would give with ATC SCM100/150 Active
I'm 100% sure Audio-GD preamp / amps are amazing but an ATC Active setup could also be amazing too...

Someone I know personally auditioned the ATC scm100aslt with Rockna Wavedream multiple times and was ready to buy. Then he listened to the Hulgich Duke once with HE1 + Master M2H and said it was way better.

It might be very hard to get a pair of Hulgich Duke unless you live in Australia, Europe or China, but the point is you can't have great sound without great components. And Audio-GD was part of that.

Audio-GD will do justice to any ATC.

 

[mudhole]

Mine is arriving on Monday if all goes as planned. I am impatient

Waiting for your impressions.

Anyway, I just ordered the LP1HE, HE1, HE2 MK2 today before the HE2 promotion ending. It will take at least 2 month leadtime now. I hope the full HE setup will be my game end, I have never stopped the upgrade during the last 10 years but my DAC was always Audio GD. Now is the time to sit down and enjoy the music.

The next project is trying to sell my McIntosh c500 and mc501 with a better price.

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[gimmeheadroom]

Waiting for your impressions.

Anyway, I just ordered the LP1HE, HE1, HE2 MK2 today before the HE2 promotion ending. It will take at least 2 month leadtime now. I hope the full HE setup will be my game end, I have never stopped the upgrade during the last 10 years but my DAC was always Audio GD. Now is the time to sit down and enjoy the music.

The next project is trying to sell my McIntosh c500 and mc501 with a better price.

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Thanks man. From the heart, really. The shock to my bank account looks much better in context

"But there's this other guy on headfi who just bought..."

 

[Articnoise]

By the way, I just ordered an UpTone EtherREGEN based on the amazing reports I could gather here and there...which I’ll power via an LPS.
should arrive end of May as currently out of stock

I have an EtherREGEN and it makes a notabel SQ improvement.

 

[PhMZ4]

I have an EtherREGEN and it makes a notabel SQ improvement.

More than happy to discover soon, and I’m supposing it will improve my Qobuz streaming SQ, as I can already notice major differences from locally stored music from LMS versus streamed one from Qobuz as the NIC is constantly working while streaming...

 

[sajunky]

More than happy to discover soon, and I’m supposing it will improve my Qobuz streaming SQ, as I can already notice major differences from locally stored music from LMS versus streamed one from Qobuz as the NIC is constantly working while streaming...

A reason is probably different. Streaming content is heavily watermarked. It has to survive compression, it is why is audible.

 

[FredA]

Waiting for your impressions.

Anyway, I just ordered the LP1HE, HE1, HE2 MK2 today before the HE2 promotion ending. It will take at least 2 month leadtime now. I hope the full HE setup will be my game end, I have never stopped the upgrade during the last 10 years but my DAC was always Audio GD. Now is the time to sit down and enjoy the music.

The next project is trying to sell my McIntosh c500 and mc501 with a better price.

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This a big investment but end-game material indeed.

I hope the new clock will improve the sound, but i can’t asked for much more. My setup is already fantastic. Totally addictive. The clock will replace a very good Morion mv89. No complaint about this ebay clock. When you connect it on both the di20he and r7he, soundstaging/imaging gets to the next level. Once i got a r7he with a 10M input, the external clock became mandatory.

You HE amplification should have a finesse you rarely heard. You will just have to be patient with the burn-in. I remember my m3 sounded dead for weeks. The dynamics take time.

 

[XavierP56]

I have the R7HE21. I don't feel the need for external clock. Kingwa told me with the R7HE21 you need an external clock at price over >$4500 to get a little improvement.
The R7HE21 is truly amazing, totally addictive.
I use it with USB Input with Daphile.

 

[FredA]

I have the R7HE21. I don't feel the need for external clock. Kingwa told me with the R7HE21 you need an external clock at price over >$4500 to get a little improvement.
The R7HE21 is truly amazing, totally addictive.
I use it with USB Input with Daphile.

You need a quality clock indeed. But i disagree. You can get a clock under 1k that will make a difference.

 

[FredA]

My take on this is you need excellent cables all around to hear a clear difference.

 

[XavierP56]

@FredA, you have edition 2021 of the R7HE ? I have edition 2021.

 

[FredA]

@FredA, you have edition 2021 of the R7HE ? I have edition 2021.

Yes.