Dear Srajan, even though it's still incomplete, I already find your latest review of the Nagra Streamer most compelling. I had honestly never considered the possibility that a digital-to-digital converter of Ethernet in, coax out (what you called a reclocking digital signal router) could have this particular influence on the musical feel. But then I remembered that you and Dawid made similar comments about the LessLoss noise filters so I'm wondering whether superior noise rejection could be another reason for the Nagra's gentler performance? I appreciate that this dips into the realm of outright speculation but I'm still curious to hear your thoughts. Looking forward to how this review will develop when the matching DAC arrives. With best wishes, Karsten
It's a fair question, Karsten. Though pure speculation as you properly noted, I do believe it well possible that superior UHF noise rejection aka better galvanic isolation, buffering and jitter reduction from advanced code-based reclocking are part of Nagra's secret sauce or possibly the master key. My contact Matthieu is adamant that their external power supply and isolation platform take the sound to a still higher level; and that's before we go the fibre-optic option. So stay tuned for potentially more surprise findings. Srajan
