Just about to pull the trigger on Pontus 15th ...

@tablejockey Move the thread to digital.

He mentioned that at the beginning, so I thought he might be the person who could move it from the back end. Anyway, it was my fault for accidentally putting it in the Analog category.  

@lanx0003 I wouldn't say I was blown away by the Dayzee but from my listening experiences it's good. Not a lot of micro detail popping out..music sounded good though. If I could do it all over again I would go with the Micro Laiv..& saved a good deal of cash to boot. 

@mattw73  By now, your Pontus 15th should be sufficiently broken in. How would you assess its overall performance?  Thank you.

@lanx0003 believe it or not my unit still suffers from being inconsistent with its performance. I feel like it has really smoothed out though. It's the weight & texture of notes that still varies a little bit from day to day. It hasn't been a full 2 months yet but it does have some hours on it. Once I started putting it in stand-by at night I felt like improvements really started happening. 

I don't know why my 15th has taken so long to get to the quality it is at now..but it's come a long way. I thought it was pretty awful for awhile. It really has a nice clarity, texture, reverb, & weight to the notes lately. When the dac is hitting on all cylinders it's very 3 dimensional, just very good. But for whatever reason some days I'll kick it on & that extra weight to male voices & notes is a little flat. Few hours later & you will feel that fullness again. For awhile it could go days before that extra warmth would return. So I feel like it's all coming together..at its own pace lol. 

But like I said, when it's sounding good, & you play a good hi-res recording you are treated to a very nice performance between & beyond the speakers. This dac has been one of the most rollercoaster experiences I've ever had with a piece of hifi equipment. 

@lanx0003 Have you had any luck selecting a new dac?