Mutec – MC-3+USB Smart Clock – Audio USB Re-Clocker

Mutec – MC-3+USB Smart Clock – Audio USB Re-Clocker

Are you an audiophile looking to take your music listening experience to the next level? Mutec’s MC-3+ Smart Clock USB might be just the thing you need. This new signal-isolating, asynchronous USB interface is designed to significantly improve the audio quality of digital audio devices that are typically limited by their USB transmission. Mutec has tackled the issue of electromagnetic interference caused by computers and other IT devices by galvanically isolating the USB interface from the other parts of the circuitry and employing its own ultra-low noise audio oscillators. These features have created a USB interface that is almost immune to any interference problems caused by PCs, laptops, or music servers. The MC-3+USB supports all possible clock rates for playback from your music library, up to high-speed USB, as well as DSD/DoP streams up to DSD/DoP256. The result is a significant acoustic improvement of connected digital audio devices, including an increased width of the sound stage, more precise imaging, and a more musical representation of the recorded space and instruments within it.

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“Now this is truly remarkable: the MC‑3+USB reduces jitter artifacts by more than 35 dB when re-clocking a professional DAT recorder.”

Jürgen Schröder
LowBeats.de

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In addition to its impressive audio quality improvements, the MC-3+ Smart Clock USB offers the ultimate connectivity and flexibility. It enables bi-directional audio format conversion between USB audio streams, AES3, AES3id, and S/P-DIF signals. The USB interface can receive native DSD and DoP streams with up to four times the SACD clock rate (DSD256), which are then re-clocked and converted to PCM audio in real-time to be passed on to the five audio outputs simultaneously. The MC-3+USB supports a variety of digital audio outputs and provides a full set of digital inputs, including BNC, RCA, and optical connectivity. The clock outputs may be independently switched in pairs to scale to clock rates of up to FS1 x 512, making the Word Clock signals of the MC-3+USB ideally suited to clock a wide range of studio equipment and high-end DACs, CD players, and audio interfaces.

Overall, the MC-3+ Smart Clock USB is an impressive piece of technology that brings high-end audio quality to digital audio devices that were previously limited by their USB transmission. With its impressive connectivity and flexibility, it’s a versatile tool that can be used in a variety of settings. If you’re an audiophile or a professional user looking for a way to significantly improve the audio quality of your digital audio devices, the MC-3+ Smart Clock USB is definitely worth considering.

 

FEATURES:

• Unique, bit-transparent re-clocking 
• Audiophile, asynchronous two-channel USB interface 
• Converts DSD/DoP streams (64-256) to PCM audio 
• Locks to MUTEC’s REF10, atomic clocks, and GPS clock references
• Digital input switching matrix, audio format converter, and master clock
• Scalable to FS1x512 clock rates, 22,5792 MHz & 24,576 MHz
• USB, AES/EBU, AES/EBUid, and S/P-DIF interfaces
• Built-in universal power supply and front panel lock-out