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Aesthetix Romulus Signature Upgrade Worth the $3,000 ?

Hi all,

I just purchased a "base" Aesthetix Romulus and am very happy with it. Has anyone had their unit upgraded to Signature or heard the base unit and Signature unit side by side? I am wondering what the sonic differences were and if you think it is a worthwhile upgrade. The vast majority of my units use is spinning cd's on a high resolution system. I would be particularly interested in the difference in dynamics and bass extension with the upgrade.

Thanks for looking!!

billandsol

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jwaudio
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There seems to be a bit of confusion in this thread about DSD in the Eclipse versions of Romulus and Pandora.  DSD64 and DSD128 over USB are included in both the Signature and Eclipse versions of Pandora and Romulus.  This is performed as DoP, there is no conversion to PCM.  When receiving DSD, either "DSD1" (for DSD64) or "DSD2" (for DSD128) will be shown on the front panel display, indicating the DSD is being correctly recognized and decoded.
Additionally, Signature and Eclipse versions can accept up to 384KHz PCM over USB.

Thanks to everyone on this thread for their contributions and support of Aesthetix!
Jim WhiteAesthetix
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