Esoteric Grandioso T1

Ha! I should have known Esoteric would have thought about how to avoid the biggest potential impact to Clock performance! It’s called error proofing. Very cool Mike.
 
The OCXO assembly being kept at thermal equilibrium is important of course and "PreHeat" is a unique feature that I wish all master clocks had!

This does not take the distribution boards and full power supply into consideration, though.

I would suggest turning the clock entirely on now and leave it that way. I never turn my clocks off unless I am shutting the entire system down (storms in area, extended time away from home). You needn't have a cable attached.

When the cable arrives, attach to the G1X, then with the T1 table off, attach to the T1 and power it up.

One other suggestion,...use impedance-matched terminators on any unused clock outputs.

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The OCXO assembly being kept at thermal equilibrium is important of course and "PreHeat" is a unique feature that I wish all master clocks had!

This does not take the distribution boards and full power supply into consideration, though.

I would suggest turning the clock entirely on now and leave it that way. I never turn my clocks off unless I am shutting the entire system down (storms in area, extended time away from home). You needn't have a cable attached.

When the cable arrives, attach to the G1X, then with the T1 table off, attach to the T1 and power it up.

One other suggestion,...use impedance-matched terminators on any unused clock outputs.

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great feedback, thanks. never had a separate clock before.

can you post a link to those "impedance matched terminators"? so can acquire them.

thank you.
 
You are welcome,...you have been such a tremendous help to 1000s of others and me on Agon, WBF, here and elsewhere going back 2+ decades,...I am glad to help in any way at all.

May you enjoy the T1 and G1X with that gorgeous system and room of yours for many years to come!

You are a class act, my friend!

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got the Shunyata Sigma v2 Clock 50 cable last night. the clock had been on and stabilizing since Tuesday afternoon. the cable is directional. with the T1 off, connected the cable first to the clock. then to the T1. turned the T1 on and you press the speed button to bring up the menu, selected "CLK", toggled it from 'off' to 'on'. then hit the on/off button to exit the menu. 'CLK10M' now appears above the speed read out. took 60 seconds.

started listening about 5pm yesterday.

member @SCAudiophile has recommended i install impedance-matched terminators on any unused clock outputs. so i have some of those coming tomorrow i will put on the unused outputs.
 
so how does the Esoteric T1 sound with the GIX master clock hooked up?

for 4 hours last night, i threw all my heavy artillery pressings at it. what can a clock do with turntable speed that is already very fine? my guess is that something like eliminating smear is taking place on a massive but molecular scale. logically if this clock is helping, it has to be causing the speed to be more steady. nano level stutters, fits and starts have to be being greatly reduced or eliminated, with only steady speed remaining....compared to without the clock when it was already world class drive, solidity and energy.

for a minute let's assume i'm right. which means on a nano level every grain of information in the groove is more accurately being read, and the resulting signal is more cohesive and coherent. more dynamic too. less wasted energy, less confused information. or at least significant degrees better than before.

i can see that this 'effect' could be along the lines of what an air bearing, very massive platter (200 pounds +) could do for speed steady-ness. more than one way to get the desired result. debatable which method goes further.

is the magnetic rim idler drive design essential to attain this clock effect result? no idea. might a belt get the same benefit? no idea.

i may be completely wrong about the how and why, those are dangerous places for me to go. but i'm trying to connect dots.

in any case, that is how my mind has rationalized, how every track i heard last night was a new reference for me. each track moved away from reproduced music toward realism, every track had more inner energy mostly more micro-dynamics, big music was bigger. the ambience and space was more real and defined. spookily so on many cuts. i heard venue info i have never heard before. the sense of musical intent was much stronger, the sense of the players playing together more evident.

the only thing that changed was adding the clock.

if someone is buying the T1, don't hear the clock unless you are prepared to buy it. you can't unhear it.
 
..if someone is buying the T1, don't hear the clock unless you are prepared to buy it. you can't unhear it.

Same applies to the Esoteric digital sources, the clock levitates performance to the next level.

Regarding PRE-HEAT function. I don't bother with it. I turn my clock off when not in use. 20 minutes is all it takes from cold start power on for everything to be singing nicely. I only use the clock with the Grandioso transport which doesn't get much use.
 
While a system with a clock will sound good and play satisfying music as soon as the clock reaches equilibrium (stabilized), I would still suggest, as do all clock manufacturers that I'm aware of, to minimally use the PRE-HEAT function on the G1X, which Esoteric thought enough of the idea from their research to create it, or better yet, leave the clock on.

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I would never drool over a turntable, but I might over Grandioso T1. I'd never buy it. Not to I diminish the elegance and mastery of the crafting of its being. I'm more interested in the other stuff on their rack.
 
I would never drool over a turntable, but I might over Grandioso T1. I'd never buy it. Not to I diminish the elegance and mastery of the crafting of its being. I'm more interested in the other stuff on their rack.

I drool over most of Accuphase and Luxman offerings but for some reason not Esoteric even though the built quality seem to be out of this world! Where Accuphase might be too traditional, Esoteric I found a bit too "spatialship"...

Watching this video made me appreciate the design though even If I don't find it "good looking" per see.

This Esoteric turntable or the new Nagra?
 
I drool over most of Accuphase and Luxman offerings but for some reason not Esoteric even though the built quality seem to be out of this world! Where Accuphase might be too traditional, Esoteric I found a bit too "spatialship"...

Watching this video made me appreciate the design though even If I don't find it "good looking" per see.

This Esoteric turntable or the new Nagra?

The Esoteric. My hunch is that this is an AF/Kronos, pretty much everything killer. I want one in the worst way.


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This Esoteric turntable or the new Nagra?

the Nagra is more than twice the money ($175k verses $75k for the Esoteric) and comes with it's own dedicated tonearm, and even if you go to the trouble to somehow change tonearms, you can only use one. with the Esoteric you can use up to 3 tonearms. of your choice. maybe the fit and finish is comparable, i have great respect for Nagra build quality. i'm sure the Nagra is special sounding and a wonderful turntable. sure looks classy.

as far as technology advances certainly the Esoteric is much more advanced in many ways. the clock addition (+$27k) to the Esoteric is a game changer for turntable drive design. the Esoteric is a much more compact so easier to live with.

either turntable is crazy good.

i love my Esoteric T1 w/clock. still waiting for my arm boards to arrive so i can mount my other tonearms.
 
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