I use still my old Verona clock with thé Bartok.
Thé Verona have intrance input For master clock 10Mhz.The Rossini and Puccini master clocks have not.I use also a internet switch with a 10 MHz input.So a wordclock 10 MHz is added For both.None off dCS clocks have 10mhz outputs to feed For example a netwerswitch.Thé Vivaldi clock have only a ref.input but many time thé price off…
ITHank you for telling us what you have but your statement sees to end strangely and cannot be understood :
. Do you want to pose a question?
I note too your point that
I To input to a master or reference clock you require a rubidium or atomic clock or access to the timing signal for satellite systems.
Hi @Buizesmurf
I see that Pete has popped you a reply up already but can I also pick up on your point…
Please be aware that there’s a distinction to be made to be made between a 10MHz Clock and a Word Clock.
A 10MHz Clock would generally not used to sync multiple digital audio devices to each other - a device would normally usually use a 10MHz Clock source as an accurate timebase to use for its own operation (perhaps to minimise jitter within the device) but generally not as a way to sync itself to other devices. (e.g. think of a music student using a metronome to keep time when practising.)
The dCS Clock outputs are WORD CLOCKS which run at normal audio sample rate frequencies and provide a synchronisation timebase for multiple audio devices to use as a baseline audio reference for their audio clocking so that they are all synchronised together. (e.g. think of a conductor keeping an entire orchestra in time.)
A network switch would (should?) have absolutely no use for a Word Clock (I’ll leave it up to others to debate whether a network switch would actually benefit from a 10MHz Clock or not).
I hope that helps.
Phil
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10 MHz and Word Clocks
Definitely the flavor of the month these days
(and who should I be to talk…as a PERF10 wings it’s way across the USA soon to be in my grubby little hands 
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Does the Verona clock automatically detect and clock to both 44kHz and 48kHz source multiples? The Verona manual seems to suggest it needs to be changed by the user to match the source…
Thank you,
R
No it doesn’t. Neither does the Scarlatti Master Clock. IIRC, it’s only with the introduction of the Vivaldi Master Clock that dCS introduced the 2-groups of 44.1 and 48 clock base rates.
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That’s what I thought Anu. Thank you.
That’s just minor issue For me.Most of music is 44.1.
Another advance thé Verona has,input For wordclock.De Rossini have not,togheter with multiple outputs.I run now Verona with a master lock 10 MHz.provide my switch with clock input also.Overall i guess my Verona works same level then Rosinni clock,but For a less off money…
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Be happy with what you have but I have to point out that every generation of wordclocks is, like other replaced units, an advance over its predecessor. The wordclocks from different ranges are not just the same thing in a new box.
Hi Rudi,
I hadn’t heard of this combination before and so I am thankful for the additional details that you shared
Enjoy!
R
That’s why i connect a recent wordclock to my Verona.The clock itself heart of that system.Actully i bypass thé internal clock off thé Verona,just using thé Verona as a distributeur.
RG,
Anup is correct. But remember, neither the Elgar/Purcell nor Scarlatti had network inputs, there was no streaming back then (at least not at CD-resolution or higher).
The sources envisaged for these DACs were the Verdi and Scarlatti CD/SACD transports which only required 44.1kS/s. 48kS/s compatibility was provided for folks using DVD or DAT. So auto-switching was not really necessary in the way it is today.
Vivaldi, with the Upsampler’s network input, was the first generation of dCS product to envisage streaming, where media from the same source could arbitrarily be encoded at either a 44.1 or 48kS/s based sampling rate. Hence the inclusion of two clock crystals in the Vivaldi Master Clock.
I used thé Elgar/Purcell combo before.Now i use the Bartok.Just kept thé Verona clock and my cd/transport as well.
Which transport do you have?
Fiest i had for many years a dCS Verdi CD/SACD transport.After it got broken i have a paganini transport now…So with Verona clock,Pagannini transport and the Bartok it covers 3 generations off dCS gear…not so nice to stack but i love it hows it plays…,
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That sounds like a good replacement for your Verdi. In fact I followed a similar path myself back in the day.