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Denafrips Pontus II 1.4 Firmware

Hi All,

I have a Denafrips Pontus II purchased in 2022.  I love the DAC and haven't wanted to mess with it, but some new equipment has me thinking it might be time to finally upgrade to the 1.4 firmware.  Unfortunately, it looks like Vinshine has dropped their support for it since their split with Denafrips and I can't find it anywhere.  I hope this is allowed, but is anyone with the file and upgrade instructions willing to send them to me?

Thanks in advance!

--Jim.

feckmo

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gsharri
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I have a Pontus II 12th with the EP4CE6F FPGA and upgrading to FW v1.4 did not provide good results. The skipping/microskipping issue that others have noted, which had not been an issue previously, suddenly appeared. The skipping was so frequent that it rendered the DAC unusable for playing CDs. The issue occurred with two different CD transports on both the coax and opt connections. Reverting to FW v1.0 caused the skipping issue to disappear. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there some other way forward which would allow the FW upgrade without the skipping issue? 

Thank you

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