Fidelity Audio

'Timing is the essence of musicality and without an accurate clock in your cd player, dac or music server you will never hear the original performance as it was intended'

Fidelity Audio offer precision, low-jitter clocks to upgrade your digital source. The standard clock reference inside most CD / DVD & Blu Ray players is woefully inadequate offering at best a mediocre jitter performance.

Also check out our Internal and external clock power supplies - CLOCK PSU

C2 Premium clock	The Micro Clock
An ideal replacement to the manufacturers clock in your CD/DVD player that offers exceptional timing and detail allied to delicate treble reproduction and extended bass.	The Micro Clock' is designed and developed for use in Squeezeboxes and other equipment with limited space. The clock features dual oscillators and split low noise 3.3V rails.
Price: £175 inc vat Frequency 8.46 Mhz 11.28 Mhz 12.00 Mhz 12.28 Mhz 16.934 Mhz 22.57 Mhz 24.576 Mhz 25.00 Mhz 27.00 Mhz 33.86 Mhz 45.15 Mhz	Price: £89 inc vat Frequency SB TOUCH 22.57Mhz & 24.57Mhz SB DUET 12.28Mhz & 11.28Mhz SB3 Classic 12.28Mhz & 11.28Mhz 16.9Mhz & 8.46Mhz 16.9Mhz & 16.9Mhz 33.8Mhz & 16.9Mhz 11.28Mhz & 11.28Mhz 22.57Mhz & 11.28Mhz 12.28Mhz & 24.57Mhz

• Find your cd player
• Clock frequencies page
• Fitting instruction page

Typical uses for the Premium clock:-

• Clocking DACs, Decoders & Servos

• TDA1541 dac (2x X1/2) , SAA7210 (X1) & SAA7220 (X1) chip set requires multiple clock inputs to really make huge gains in sound quality. The Premium clock can reclock all four pins.
• TDA1541 clocking guide (thanks to Ian @ hifisounds.co.uk)

• Marantz CD63 family Dac and Servo clocking (16.934 Mhz & 8.46 Mhz)

Customer comments

Hi Brent

Just to say that I have completed fitting the clock (Squeezebox Duet) and all the upgrades and am delighted with the result. I did some more listening tests at the weekend. The result of all the upgrades is fantastic – tightened up the bass and tamed the slightly aggressive treble, as well as improving the imaging no end. Also, I had some 16bit 44KHz (CD quality) FLAC downloads of Bach Brandenburg concertos I got a couple of years ago that I had made a CD from. I was then able to do some A/B tests between the CD and playing the FLAC files directly via the Squeezebox. I have a very good CD player with a valve output stage & valve clock (a PrimaLuna ProLogue Eight). The Squeezebox was noticeably superior – and that was also my wife’s unbiased view! Noticeably the imaging and realism – the instruments were more ‘in the room’. Before the upgrade with your clock and Oscons, the bass seems a bit uncontrolled and the top end harsh and the sound-stage was very 2-dimensional.

Anyway, many thanks again for all your help & very best wishes,

Neville

"After determining the correct pad, of the crystal it replaced, things worked wonderfully! I'm quite pleased with the outcome...to the point that I'll probably go ahead and perform a more complete modification of the player. I'd have to say that, installing the C2 (or do you just call it the "premium clock," now?) has made me want to pursue the full extent of what more complete modifications could provide! This type of clock is more completely demonstrating the capabilities of a well-executed digital rig. (I have a good friend that owns a 60K+ vinyl rig that falls short of my completely modified OPPO 970...and yet, the OPPO BDP 80--with the C2 installed--is already showing even more promise than that!) I don't know if I had mentioned, but I'm a vinyl addict...going back to the early 70's. However, with the appropriate clock installed, and the associated mods to back it up, I find that I'm enjoying the actual music more than ever before!...from CD's! "

Thanks for all your help,

T.B

"I had a long chat with you about purchasing your Premium clock to replace the Audiocom Superclock 4-S in my Stello transport. I must say that I was suprised immediately with the change, quieter, smoother and more 3-D. As the weeks have progressed the timing has become superior and the resolution is in a different league"

Henry Turner

"It sounds absolutely awesome! The sound has definately changed. The blacks are blacker and the whites are whiter. The seperation is to beheld. The sound has become smoother and more refined (to the point that I put the rubbish opamps back into my amp to make sure it was the clock making the difference!).

There is an openness and accuracy to the sound and its sooo sooo easy to listen to. The harsh edge I'd created (without realising) in chasing detail from this TDA1541 has been tamed with no loss of resolution. It's an altogether fuller sound with all the weight you could need. I cannot fault it in any way especially as it replaced a Trichord Clock 4"

Ian B

"I originally purchased a competitors clock 3 with the outboard 12v supply. I was very impressed. About 2 years later I purchased a 4S to be used with this same supply. It was so much better! I was thrilled! Then came the Premium clock. The Premium was more open, natural, dynamic, and effortless ...and my Premium has only been "on" for about 4 days!"

T.B