The T10’s performance begins with its extraordinary oscillator section. At its heart is a precision oven-controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO), encased in a massive solid aluminum block to ensure maximum thermal stability. This housing is further suspended on a bed of soft silicone gel, isolating it from mechanical vibration and environmental interference. The result is an internal timing core of exceptional consistency—critical for maintaining the ultra-low phase noise that defines the T10’s sonic contribution.

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Where conventional word-clock systems rely on crystals cut to the 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz families, CH Precision takes a different path. The T10 generates a 10 MHz reference that is then divided down digitally, using an advanced all-digital PLL. This approach begins with a cleaner spectrum and produces measurably lower in-band jitter than “direct” audio-rate crystals, no matter how neat their integer relationships appear on paper. The result is not just mathematical accuracy but time-domain stability—exactly the quality to which the ear is most sensitive. Published data shows the T10 operating at femtosecond-level jitter (10⁻¹⁵ s), roughly 1,000× more precise than the picosecond-level performance typical of most competing designs. In practice, that translates into lower noise, sharper transients, and greater spatial coherence.

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This precision extends to the T10’s output stage. Six individually buffered outputs are provided, each independently configurable to deliver either a 10 MHz sine or square wave signal at selectable 1 V or 500 mV peak-to-peak levels. These transformer-coupled outputs are routed through 75 Ω BNC coaxial connectors, a design that minimizes phase distortion and allows the T10 to synchronize multiple devices simultaneously without crosstalk or degradation. Unlike word-clock systems limited to distributing 44.1/48 kHz signals, the T10 can integrate an entire digital chain—whether a C10 Master DAC, D10 Reference Transport, or even third-party sources that accept a 10 MHz input—into one coherent time domain.