Innuos Phoenix USB Reclocker Review [Video]

[ThatSoundsGood]

In all fairness, you didn't test what it sounds like having two Reclockers in the chain.............I heard that it really opens up the soundstage and only costs double.

 

[BDWoody]

In all fairness, you didn't test what it sounds like having two Reclockers in the chain.............I heard that it really opens up the soundstage and only costs double.

I think they use audiophile math, so it's one box for $4349. Two for $9,000. Three for $15k.

 

[ThatSoundsGood]

I think they use audiophile math, so it's one box for $4349. Two for $9,000. Three for $15k.

Comes with a free set of cable lifters.

 

[VintageFlanker]

Great work after a long time off YT, @amirm !

The channel is about to reach 50k subscribers (still less than the amount of ASR Members). I really hope that you will publish videos more often.

 

[Old_School_Brad]

Comes with a free set of cable lifters.

There's no way they'll include those for free. You don’t stop milking the cow halfway through.

 

[BeeKay]

There's no way they'll include those for free. You don’t stop milking the cow halfway through.

The free ones are pre-stamped into the packaging. DIY if you will.
Want the real stuff (nano material)? You’ll find a 10% discount coupon right in the box.

 

[Old_School_Brad]

The free ones are pre-stamped into the packaging. DIY if you will.
Want the real stuff (nano material)? You’ll find a 10% discount coupon right in the box.

Pre-stamped? You mean insulation? No thanks, I’ll go with the nano stuff for $700. I’m not too keen on smearing my sound with floor resonances and all that..

 

[stelios]

1. How can there be people out there who know what a dac does, know what a USB is and yet do not know the USB is really not part of the audio signal processing chain when all such information is freely available and easily verifiable?
2. Even given that this device does what it is advertised as able to do, I see nothing in it costing anything near the price marketed. How can they mark it up by so much without it being immediately flagged as overpriced and totally unnecessary in the press?

 

[VientoB]

Someone on another forums claims to have asked the Innuos R &D director about it:

"The PhoenixUSB does not actually reclock the audio signal that’s being transmitted via USB, it reclocks the USB communication itself. That’s why it uses a 24MHz clock and not the pair of clocks normally used on DACs (such as 22.5792 MHz for 44.1Khz and its multiples). The PhoenixUSB works with any device you connect to it. If you connect a USB drive to it and connect the PhoenixUSB to a computer, the computer will recognise the USB drive there. So what we are doing is actually cleaning another layer of noise that results from the USB communication itself, so it doesn’t affect negatively the DAC. Additionally, instead of doing a galvanic isolation on the 5V and Ground lines coming from the source, we actually replace them with the power on one of the internal linear power supplies. For DACs that power their USB interface via the USB port itself, this alone is a big improvement."

 

[Thighsofsteel]

He can claim what he likes. The tests and measurements, never mind the basic spec of USB connection disagree with him.
I think he is living in the audio-idiot alternative universe.

 

[VientoB]

He can claim what he likes. The tests and measurements, never mind the basic spec of USB connection disagree with him.
I think he is living in the audio-idiot alternative universe.

Just thought I'd post it hear to see what people think.

 

[antcollinet]

Just thought I'd post it hear to see what people think.

And now you know.


Let him come with evidence of audible improvements that can't be achieved with an inexpensive USB isolator (if ground noise exists). We don't do story time here.

 

[JSmith]

The PhoenixUSB does not actually reclock the audio signal that’s being transmitted via USB, it reclocks the USB communication itself.

JSmith

 

[Old_School_Brad]

Someone on another forums claims to have asked the Innuos R &D director about it:

"The PhoenixUSB does not actually reclock the audio signal that’s being transmitted via USB, it reclocks the USB communication itself."