dCS
Vivaldi Master Clock
The dCS Vivaldi Master Clock is a Class 1, temperature-compensated master clock built around dual VCXO (voltage-controlled crystal oscillators) with microcontroller-enhanced temperature correction, designed as the timing reference for dCS's flagship four-box Vivaldi digital playback system. It provides two independently configurable banks of four buffered word-clock outputs and can itself be slaved to an external reference such as an atomic clock or GPS source via its 75Ω BNC reference input.
MSRP
$24,100
Used market · Good
$13,000
MSRP to used market
From $24,100 at launch to $13,000 today.
Specifications
- Price
- $13,499 (US, part of the four-piece Vivaldi system totaling $108,496)
- Weight
- 13.6kg / 29.9 lbs
- Clock type
- Class 1 master clock, dual VCXO with microcontroller-enhanced temperature correction
- Dimensions
- 444mm/17.5" x 435mm/17.2" x 126mm/5.0"
- Clock accuracy
- Better than ±1ppm when shipped (guaranteed for 12 months); typically ±0.1ppm once shipped and stabilized
- Published price
- 24100 USD
- Reference input
- 1x 75Ω BNC, accepts Word Clock or AC-coupled 1MHz/5MHz/10MHz signals; lock range ±300ppm
- Clock frequencies
- 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, or 192 kHz
- Power consumption
- 10W typical / 12W maximum
- Word clock outputs
- 8 total, in two independently buffered groups of 4 on 75Ω BNC connectors; each group settable to a different frequency
- Dimensions w x d x h
- 444mm/17.5" x 435mm/17.2" x 126mm/5.0"
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