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First of all I had a good conversation with Lynx people. Pacific is very well known to them unit and many of their customers use it. They suggested as the most typical application for their customers to slave Lynx from Pacific in A/D mode and to slave Pacific from Lynx in D/A mode. That does makes sense to me and it was how I felt. What however I have learned was that I was in way a fool as I thought that Lynx SynchroLock is the main slaving mechanism, it is in fact not. The SynchroLock is the secondary optional locking mechanism that is much narrower then Lynx’s PLL. The SynchroLock removes jitter from clock but Lynx folk advised that if I use a very high quality clock then it would make sense to defeat the SynchroLock and let the Lynx’s PLL to see the “naked” external clock. Also, the Lynx people expanded to me how to figure out what clock Lynx is running if the SynchroLock is not engaged

So, I brought my custom Lynx cables with clock feed and set up the DAW and Pacific in a new configuration with Lynx slaved. Today the WGBH broadcasted live the Choir of Christ's College with David Rowland conducting and I recorded it in a new configuration. The result was good, if you wish here is the fragment (88/24, 55meg)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iidnnnz2nde

Then I have a session when I was trying to found out how the Pacific sound all together in this new configuration. Here are some conclusions:

1)      In A/D mode the Lynx must be slaved. The AES-line-clock or External-clock did not make a lot of different but my A/D mode is FM, which is not so critical. There is a minor difference in favor of External clock but only with no SynchroLock used. When the AES-line-clock used then SynchroLock might be used.

2)      In A/D mode with External clock when Pacific runs as Master the SynchroLock must not be used. The sound with and with SynchroLock is different. Without the SynchroLock sound becomes more mucro-contrasty and more playful.

3)      In D/A mode I did not try to slave Pacific from Lynx as it would require to re-plug the clock cables – I will not do it anyhow.  So, I run the Pacific and Lynx with independent clocks and then Lynx slaved from Pacific.

4)      Lynx slaved from Pacific is way more preferable configuration then Pacific and Lynx with independent clocks. I did not detect that when Pacific serves clock then only the amount of HF was changed as Mani reported. What I heard was that the whole Sound was changed, the sound become less mechanical and more liquid - unquestionably become better.

That is all for now. I made a number of listening tests between the Pacific in new Master mode and Lavry Gold. I will post the update later. I did not figure out if I will do it he in this thread of in the “Recording options: Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold”

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