Setting Transporter to Slave for World Clock Input

[anselld]

thanks Mark, it is easy to change the setting that way, but difficult to get the transporter really running (with an external clock as master). First it did not have any output at all, but setting it back to master, then again to slave, then switching it off and on showed positive results. Now it's working fine and the sound quality has distinctly improved with the DAC as master.

Wow, someone actually has a Scarlatti! (Do you work for dCS?)
I use this setup with the dCS Delius. Don't forget to set the Scarlatti to MS:Mastr as well as setting the Transporter to World Clock Input.
I also find this the best setup, though very occasionally they seem to drop sync and there is a pause in the music.
I guess you will be needing Scarlatti master clock now!!

[mofuv]

I am not working for dcs nor do I have any affiliation with them. But they make great products. The sound I get with the transporter and the scarlatti is the best I have ever heard. I am running in parallel a Linn Akurate CD player. EAC ripped CD's in my system can fully compare to the same discs played with their SACD side on the Linn.

I have no drop outs when the scarlatti DAC is set to master and the transporter to slave, everything works perfectly well.

The only issue is that the DAC can only be switched to master when the transporter is sending the information on the sampling frequency usually 44.1. But the transporter does this only when he receives a clock signal. When that happens I have to set the transporter back to master (internal clock), switch the DAC then to master and after this the transporter back to slave.

Since I have connected the transporter to the QNAP directly not linked through my router (to avoid interferences from the router) I must disconnect it every time from the router and connect it to the computer. This is time consuming. The world clock setting should be possible directly at the transporter and not only through the slimserver webinterface.

[Mark Lanctot]

Since I have connected the transporter to the QNAP directly not linked through my router (to avoid interferences from the router) I must disconnect it every time from the router and connect it to the computer.

What sort of "interferences"?

[mofuv]

It is a wireless router which is not suited to transfer the necessary datastream for high quality audio.

[Mark Lanctot]

You mean it doesn't have enough bandwidth?

[achri-d]

Does the Transporter lock - when slaved - to other frequencies than 44.1kHz? Rgds.

[mofuv]

Does the Transporter lock - when slaved - to other frequencies than 44.1kHz? Rgds.

I have only tried out 44,1 kHz so far, will check others in the near fuutre.

[Konig]

my spdif cable with eichmann bullet plugs doesnt fit into the bnc word clock of the transporter. do i need an adaptor or a new plug?

[Phil Leigh]

you should be using a standard 75-ohm coax bnc-bnc cable to connect clock signals.
I guess you could use an rca-bnc adaptor and a spdif cable.

[GuyDebord]

I am not working for dcs nor do I have any affiliation with them. But they make great products. The sound I get with the transporter and the scarlatti is the best I have ever heard. I am running in parallel a Linn Akurate CD player. EAC ripped CD's in my system can fully compare to the same discs played with their SACD side on the Linn.

I have no drop outs when the scarlatti DAC is set to master and the transporter to slave, everything works perfectly well.

The only issue is that the DAC can only be switched to master when the transporter is sending the information on the sampling frequency usually 44.1. But the transporter does this only when he receives a clock signal. When that happens I have to set the transporter back to master (internal clock), switch the DAC then to master and after this the transporter back to slave.

Since I have connected the transporter to the QNAP directly not linked through my router (to avoid interferences from the router) I must disconnect it every time from the router and connect it to the computer. This is time consuming. The world clock setting should be possible directly at the transporter and not only through the slimserver webinterface.

With such a sophisticated digital frontend, why rely on a slow QNAP? I have already experienced with 2 NAS's (QNAP and Buffallo) and they all have been terrible to install, terrible to follow for any customization and very slow for music scans and pretty much everything else. I got tired and bought a Mac Mini and installed it as a fully dedicated music server, and I wish I had done it before, I bought a very small good looking high resolution lcd monitor that is most of the time turned off and got the logitech wireless media mouse and a mac bluetooth keybord and any time I need to change settings, create playlists, revise labels, etc. I can do it without a problem from my listening chair and in a snap, unlike with the NAS's and besides a mac mini almost costs the same as a NAS....