Antelope OCX or Big Ben for clocking MOTU HD192

[musicsound-2]

the sound is even different if I use the OCX clock via the HD192 or the OCX clock from the 308 wordclock input - why is that ?

[Bang]

I compared the Big Ben and OCX. I found them both to improve the sound a lot. I went with the Big Ben. If you like what you hear with the OCX, go with it.

[musicsound-2]

Originally Posted by Bang

I compared the Big Ben and OCX. I found them both to improve the sound a lot. I went with the Big Ben. If you like what you hear with the OCX, go with it.

yes I like what I have heard with OCX - but I have not yet heard the Big Ben, so I am a bit afraid I will miss something.

Can you tell me what you did like better with BB ?

[musicsound-2]

anybody else who has compared both units ?

[Anderson]

I own an Antelope OCX and have 4 Motus HD192 clocked to it. (Well, only the HD 192 n°1 is clocked, you shouldn't clock all of them, just one of them and slave the whole system to that WC input.)

It's working just fine. The Antelope is a nice unit for sure. I had a Rosendahl before, was fine too.

Get a Big Ben if you want the name, otherwise the Antelope OCX will do more than just fine, and it has all the options you'll ever need.

[musicsound-2]

... and did you ever try the Big Ben before you bought the OCX ?

[Anderson]

Originally Posted by musicsound-2

... and did you ever try the Big Ben before you bought the OCX ?

No, a good clock is a good clock. It's not like a pre or compressor. If it's working fine, it's working fine. After the Rosendahl said bye and I bought this one, I didn't tell myself, wow, it's better than with the Rosendahl. It was the same... With our without a clock is where I hear a difference.

I really don't think I'd be able to tell the difference between the OCX and the BigBen anyway. And I don't think anyone could seriously sustain that he can tell the difference (if there is any!).... But that's just me. It's just a clock, move on

The Antelope provided me with all what I needed: precise clocking, 8 WC out, AES/EBU out, and SPDIF out. And Possibility to have different WCs simultaneously.

From there I'd rather keep the extra 300€ or 400€ and use them to contribute to buying more outboard.

[musicsound-2]

for me the decision process is different. I don´t really need a masterclock but I noticed that my music is sounding better with the OCX.
Now I am considering to buy a clock(which?) mainly to improve the sound of my MOTU converters or to save that money and buy some additional high end converters instead (Lavry blue, Hedd , Aurora ???).

[Anderson]

The MOTU HD192s are just fine, especially when clocked. They're not Prisms but they never made me unhappy. And I like the metering a lot.

Maybe the BLA mod could be something for you? IIRC it's around 300$ for a HD192.

I'm selling all mine but not because I think they sound bad but because I need more than 48i/o and they can't go higher than 48i/o. Going for SSL Alpha link MADI SX.

Other MOTU AD/DA boxes on the other hand are not very good...

[musicsound-2]

Originally Posted by Anderson

Maybe the BLA mod could be something for you? IIRC it's around 300$ for a HD192

I would consider this immediately but we are from Europe which might complicate this slightly

[el cochino]

Originally Posted by Anderson

I own an Antelope OCX and have 4 Motus HD192 clocked to it. (Well, only the HD 192 n°1 is clocked, you shouldn't clock all of them, just one of them and slave the whole system to that WC input.)

It's working just fine. The Antelope is a nice unit for sure. I had a Rosendahl before, was fine too.

Get a Big Ben if you want the name, otherwise the Antelope OCX will do more than just fine, and it has all the options you'll ever need.

I'm clocking my MOTUs with a Rosendahl Nanoclocks and like the results I'm getting. Do feel the Antelope to be a noticeable upgrade to the Rosendahl?

[el cochino]

Originally Posted by el cochino

I'm clocking my MOTUs with a Rosendahl Nanoclocks and like the results I'm getting. Do feel the Antelope to be a noticeable upgrade to the Rosendahl?

Nevermind, I just read your other post!

[DeBasement]

Sorry if this side-tracks the thread a little, but... Anyone having trouble getting the BNC termination right when clocking the HD192 from a BigBen?

I've tried every combination of termination there is and I can never get those little BigBen lights to turn green...

I'm wondering if that explains why the sound difference hasn't been too noticeable for me. Or is it just my tin ears?

[musicsound-2]

I think I need to try the Big Ben myself in order to compare to OCX. I will let you know how it works here with terminiation of the MOTU

[Mario-C.]

I'm using a borrowed OCX with my HD192's and at 44.1 khz I hear a small improvement, it sounds a bit tighter and sharper but it's not a night and day difference to be honest, musicsound are you working at higher sample rates ?
the funny thing is with pro tools 192 interfaces the difference is definitely audible at 96 khz, I should do some test at 96 khz with the motus and see if the sound changes that much ...