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© Ideon Audio, August 2020 – absolute time manual v.1
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The ultimate USB & SPDIF re-clocking platform
Absolute Time
On the rear panel as shown above,
you will also find the device On/Off
switch and the IEC power socket. Please
complete all signal connections before
attaching the power cord and switching
the device on for the first time.
Please connect your USB sources via the
“USB in” socket; the “USB out” connects
to your DAC.
For SPDIF sources (CD transport, cd-
player digital out, etc), please use the
SPDIF input using appropriate coaxial
cable.
*MASTER CLOCK CONNECTION:
attention,
only applies to sources (CD transport, cd-
player) offering a Master Clock input!
In additional to the SPDIF “in” and
“out” connections, please connect the
“Master OUT” on the back panel to your
source device’s “MASTER In”. The result
will be significantly improved transport
jitter—hence an incomparably better
sonic result.
You will also find a 5v on switch as in the
illustration above. With this switch set to
the on position, the 5v power rail is on –
to the USB cable (power goes through
the USB cable).
When set to off position, the 5v power
rail is cut off from the USB cable resulting
in better, cleaner data transmission. This
switch is included as some DACs do not
provide power to the USB cable. This
feature also helps you experiment with
various cables if you so desire.
Back panel
absolute time reference reclocker
out
out
in
clock 12MHz
handcrafted in
Athens, Greece
s/pdif
5V
on
in
to DAC
from source
S/PDIF out/in
5v on
Master clock
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