Denafrips Aether MCLK

Description

Denafrips Aether MCLK

High-precision master clock (OCXO Master Clock)

El Denafrips Aether MCLK it is a external master clock designed for high-level digital systems looking to take time synchronisation to its absolute limit. When the clock improves, the whole system breathes easiermore stability, more coherence and a more natural soundstage.

At its core we find a OCXO (Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator) high-precision, with oven thermal control, guaranteeing a extreme frequency stability and exceptionally low phase noise. This is the foundation upon which truly accurate digital reproduction is built.

The Aether MCLK offers fixed and adjustable clock outputs, allowing its integration with a wide range of compatible DACs, DDCs and digital devices. The most common frequencies in the audio world —both those derived from 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz— are present, facilitating correct synchronisation without artificiality or external adapters.

Its compact and robust design allows it to be easily placed in home racks, maintaining the restrained and elegant aesthetic characteristic of Denafrips. Everything is designed to minimise interference and maximise stability: fewer temporal variations, less jitter, more music.

The Aether MCLK is not a product for every system. It is aimed at already well-resolved setups, where every improvement counts and where external synchronization can make a clear difference in spatial accuracy, background cleanliness and naturalness of the soundscape.

A serious component, for serious systems, which understands that in digital Timing is everything.

Technical specifications

Design and architecture

• External master clock

• High-precision OCXO (Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator)

• Frequency outputs fixed and adjustable

• Compact and robust design

Clock outputs – fixed

• 45.1548 MHz ×2

• 49.152 MHz ×2

Clock outputs – adjustable

• 44.1 kHz / 48 kHz

• 11.2896 MHz / 12.288 MHz

• 22.5792 MHz / 24.576 MHz

Output connectors

• BNC, 75 ohms

Food

• 100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
  manual voltage selector

• Maximum consumption: ≤ 20 W

Physical characteristics

• Dimensions: 340 × 260 × 66 mm (width × depth × height)
  (total height +18 mm with feet)

• Weight: 6 kg

• Colours available: Black / Silver

Contents of the packaging

• Denafrips Aether MCLK

• Does not include remote control or power cable