The Black Lion Audio Micro Clock MKII Word Clock Generator is a simple, yet elegant design in external clocking. It features ultra-low jitter, third order crystal oscillators with a high current parallel drive circuit designed to maintain harmonic content of the signal regardless of loading conditions. In addition to this, proprietary noise reduction circuitry dramatically eliminates unwanted switching harmonics normally found in digital signals. The Micro Clock MKII is one of the best performing external word clocks in the pro audio market today.
The Black Lion Audio Micro Clock MKII is a completely revolutionary design in external clocking from Black Lion Audio. The Micro Clock MKII is a radical departure in design from its predecessor. It features ultra-low jitter third order crystal oscillators with a revolutionary patent-pending high current parallel drive circuit designed to increase the amount of desirable harmonics within the clock's spectral band. In addition to this, the proprietary noise reduction circuitry dramatically eliminates the unwanted switching harmonics normally found in digital signals. These are musically unrelated signals that create distortion and phase cancellation within the converted audio signal. Because of these technological advances, the Micro Clock MKII may well be one of the best performing external word clocks within the pro audio market today.
The Micro Clock MKII is simple and probably even boring looking by most standards. It's housed in a rugged 3 x 4 chassis that provides optimum RF shielding. It has no lights, no frequency display, and none of the usual visual candy that your friends might envy. However, for a modest black box, it does its job incredibly well and at a price that's unheard of for this level of performance!
The Micro Clock MKII features six selectable output frequencies from 44.1 kHz on up to 192 kHz. The output level is approximately 5 volts peak to peak. Jitter at the crystal oscillator is approximately 1 picosecond RMS, and just under 10 picoseconds RMS at the output. The power supply is a 9 volt DC wall wart that's capable of accepting both 120 and 240 volts AC. The clock is compatible with all modern digital devices that have 75 ohm BNC word clock inputs.
Black Lion Audio Micro Clock MKII Word Clock Generator Features
- Output: 3 galvanic-isolated BNC with fixed 75 ohm terminations @ 6 volts peak to peak
- Power: 9-12 volts DC
- Sampling Rates: Six selectable rates, 44.1 kHz-192 kHz
- Jitter: Maximum 1 pico second of intrinsic jitter, less than 10 picoseconds of accumulated jitter measured using a delta sigma averaging method.
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Hugh improvement. Highly recommended
Nov 27th 2020For the small price of this clock. Hugh improvement on sound quality..Highly recommended . .
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good clock!
Sep 22nd 2011I"m used this clock for yamaha digital consoles all types. All consoles make is bests sound. sorry for bad inglish.
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In use
Sep 2nd 2011a little quirky with my Aurora Lynx converter. It doesn't sync up right away - I've found that if I switch the Playback Engine buffer size a few times (Pro Tools 9), and let the track play about 30 seconds it eventually locks to sync. It seems to have resolved some digital clicks and pops I had been struggling with. But what about the sound, you ask? Well - I *think* things sound a little more open and clearer, but it is very subtle.
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Makes everything sound better!
Dec 24th 2010The box could not be simpler. It does one thing which is to send out a rocksteady clock signal. I was clocking from my Rosetta converter before and things sounded pretty good. With the addition of the BLA clock everything sounds subtly tighter and more open. A great little box!
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