I've been doing some reading on this in my search for an external DAC for my own system. I believe that older DAC designs were very susceptible to jitter, and reclockers had a useful function in reducing the jitter before it reached the DAC. The more modern DAC designs that contain asynchronous rate converters are much more tolerant of jitter. That being the case, I believe a reclocker won't give you much of an improvement when used with a modern DAC. (I expect a loud chorus of replies with that remark.) Also, the older DACs were based on a resistive ladder approach which had linearity problems. The newer designs are based on a delta-sigma scheme and are much more linear. I would suggest you try a modern DAC such as the Benchmark or Cambridge Audio and see how it sounds. I think you will be quite pleased with the performance without an external reclocker. You could always add a reclocker later, but I don't think you'll find it necessary.
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