Innuos Phoenix USB Reclocker Review

[jeffaegrim]

Series/parallel connection?

I have lots of usb devices polluting the signal path…

 

[tw99]

It's always refreshing to come on ASR and read a proper review of one of these products rather than the "I heard a difference that was not subtle. Clearer bass, less digital hash in the mids and a palpably lower noise floor" or similar nonsense one sees everywhere else.

 

[Jimbob54]

If you are quoting a post please make sure the quote is in English . Thanks

 

[Mart68]

A new MScaler, wowee will it do absolutely nothing better than the last model?
Keith

I'm advised it will be even better at soaking up cash from wealthy, bored audiophiles.

One said to me once that he was concerned that all of this stuff actually did nothing since it would make this a really boring hobby.

I suggested that he could just listen to music and let that be the hobby but no, that wasn't for him.

 

[Lambda]

I assume its a of the shelve USB Hub IC with a better then usually Quarz oscillator

 

[GeekyBastard]

USB-IF engineers pulling their hairs out:

“I told you so!!! I already fricking told you so!!! We already made the digital signal so robust, why would nobody believe us?!?!?!1?!”

 

[SuicideSquid]

Two words.
C A S H - G R A B!

I have a much uglier word for it sir. MISAPPROPRIATION.


I'm always fascinated with junk like this - are the people making it delusional, or just unscrupulous scammers?

 

[BeeKay]

I have a much uglier word for it sir. MISAPPROPRIATION.


I'm always fascinated with junk like this - are the people making it delusional, or just unscrupulous scammers?

Maybe of both? Could be some are just trapped in their own rabbit hole.

 

[EERecordist]

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Thanks for showing these products are basically useless.


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JSmith

Thanks for the interior photo.

The silver can is an oven-controlled crystal oscillator. It can be looked up on Mouser with an approximate price of $200-400. Subset the Mouser search by frequency and oscillator stability in parts per billion, PPB. They have their legitimate uses for precise timekeeping, but it is ridiculous to use them for this, as the review showed.

Several companies make USB retimer chips with an external clock input. They would be used in connecting a USB interface to a foreign interface. Often there are 2 on a chip, so they would probably be connected back to back in this application. USB retimer chips are very inexpensive. That is why the photo shows the chip has had the markings ground off. It is in an LQFP-48 standard package.

USB clock requirements are going to be more like ±10 to 50 PPM. There are industry applications for PPB clocks.

It looks like a profitable item as a finished product. A product in search for a problem that does not exist. Gilding the lily.

 

[Alice of Old Vincennes]

Based on this review, I'm gonna get two or maybe three.

One for my mouse, to improve its small movement resolution. Another for my keyboard, should clean up typos and the third one for my scanner which should help with darker blacks and cleaner looking images.

I'm getting one for my mouth. Sure wife and kids will appreciate.

 

[FTB]

Hell yeah, four thousands bucks for nothing.

 

[Purité Audio]

It's always refreshing to come on ASR and read a proper review of one of these products rather than the "I heard a difference that was not subtle. Clearer bass, less digital hash in the mids and a palpably lower noise floor" or similar nonsense one sees everywhere else.

This time the difference was subtle, extremely subtle, so subtle in fact…
Keith

 

[beefkabob]

This time the difference was subtle, extremely subtle, so subtle in fact…
Keith

Digital hash? Isn't that for checking if a file is corrupt?

Or can my AI get high off it?

Or can I fry it up for breakfast?

 

[aagstn]

This guy is a clown. Clowns need products to sell their shows.

Him and the former Cheapaudioman who also started hocking overpriced power cables and other unnecessary equipment.

 

[aagstn]

It's always refreshing to come on ASR and read a proper review of one of these products rather than the "I heard a difference that was not subtle. Clearer bass, less digital hash in the mids and a palpably lower noise floor" or similar nonsense one sees everywhere else.

To be fair I did hear more air in the upper mids and a wider soundstage after ordering mine and it hasn't even arrived yet. Imagine how great it will be when I actually hook it up.

 

[Rednaxela]

I heard it while reading the review!

 

[amirm]

Just checking this "not a typo" clause: it's on loan from an ASR member?

Yes.

 

[JayGilb]

I would like to see it powered from two 9 volt batteries compared to that very over engineered power supply that realistically only needs to provide a few hundred mills of current to function.

Thanks once again Amir.

 

[mns3dhm]

I am actually curious how many of these get manufactured and how many are sold. I can’t imagine the sales volume on something like this is anything but minuscule.

 

[Doodski]

I am actually curious how many of these get manufactured and how many are sold. I can’t imagine the sales volume on something like this is anything but minuscule.

The PCBs are small and the device could be assembled a few at a time.