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Well, yeah. I was sort of assuming that you won't use a TCXO or even just a cheapo quartz crystal, because it doesn't make a lot of sense: You've now thrown money at something that will relatively quickly desync anyway.

I mean, sure, the TCXO will mean that you only start seeing a phase difference between the two after weeks instead of minutes, but what's the point of that? I you want them to be at the same phase, you'll need to sync them at some point, and you do that by using a common clock source.

So either you shell out some effort for a real solution (power line is nice, and also qualifies as a common clock source as I've predicated), or you don't. And if you don't, there's no point in using a precise-ish clock at all, and you'll likely end up with very quick desyncing.

Well yes, obviously, but I'm just being a internet pedantic about "a few minutes".

And you are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct anyway.

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