Awesome this thread exists. Was wondering the same thing. Still have questions.
I actually have Okto8. But since Okto bailed I need new plan. I learned to always have Plan B ready at moment's notice. I always regretted my fire buys when something breaks. And the Okto never shuts off... I want a well researched Plan B.
My system: Oppo 203 -> Vanity -> Trinnov Demon -> Okto8 -> Benchmarks -> Revels
Crazy that even the same DAC can have syncing issues. We don't test syncing amongst the channels here? I was so happy with my dac8....
Funny no one mentioned a clock as a possible resolution to syncing. Which prompted my research. Vanity Pro was just introduced and it has clock out.
Trinnov has clock. So I can clock my entire DAW if I needed to replace my DAC.
If 3 DAC's & entire DAW were using same clock would all syncing issues be resolved?
...as long as the latency difference was a fixed...
Are the channel to channel latencies fixed? Every run? To the end of time? It seems not.
Would Room Correction fix the latency/syncing issues automatically? Would not the RC think a delay is a distance thing? And if there is a delay the calibration app's speaker distances would be incorrect? Does RC work in ms? Or better: fractions of ms? Bottom line: Are aforementioned delay amongst my Okto8 channels being compensated for in Trinnov or other RC apps? And if latencies keep changing perhaps monthly calibration is better. I currently calibrate every 6 months.
If I understand the other posts. Some DAC's reclock. Avoid those. Might be BIG limitation. Now I need a DAC that has AES, clock input (if that helps as asked above) and no reclocking. Do most DAC's reclock? Is reclocking guaranteed a latency? So what can 3 reclockings sum to?
Would I not want to avoid reclocking DAC's anyway? I am already reclocked. Twice I think? The Vanity reclocks. Trinnov has FireWire I/O in all their devices. When converting FireWire back to AES, I get the impression that reclocking would be required. Or can somehow Trinnov Convert FireWire to AES using the input signal's clock even though my Trinnov Latency is a whopping 50ms? (Don't worry - My PJ is 40ms. But acoustic delay is 10ms. So I am 20ms off from video. So in 24fps, I am not even 1/2 frame off.)
In the big picture our speakers are not all equal distances so I would think RC, or even mere distance configs, would fall out of sync way more in Speakers than a sync issues within the same DAC or even other DAC's? Since the starting point is way more out of sync in comparison.
Lastly, Is latency the ONLY issue between DAC channels or amongst other DAC's? For example I always see SINBAD is different amongst the channels...