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PS Audio NEW Huron Firware upgrade. 😩😫😩

I was greatly anticipating this new firware upgrade for the direct stream ,and Jr dac.
i downloaded and applied this new huron so called upgrade   Was a Major letdown for me .
i love the analog like presentation before and row 6-8 perspective. Now it  is in your face town 1-2
to the 5 who heard it in my system Pass labs  class A mono blocks,DHT 4P1L Vacuum tube preamp,Silnote  upper cables 
Sonus Faber Olypica-3 speakers  Aurender 100-H  player AQ Diamond USB   
Core power technologies 1800 for line voltage.   It looks like I may have no choice but go back to the last 
generation of firmware  What a let down ,a few others online on other forums agree .i am sure some will like it  some of the musicality and flow of music are gone  it sounds more like a Sabre dac .
only 1 out of 5 at my house liked the change .how about  a happy medium .
for sure a revision should be in order . The analog smoothness was always welcome just a bit more bottom end and detail  back off the upsampling some ,maybe too much of a good thing.  In another setup 
that is all tubes it may be a good thing .
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kdude66
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Lance,

I did install Huron on my Jr and have it running continuously in my 2nd system,I will check it out in a few days,won't have the time anyway.

I never have told you that I owned the Janzen Valentina's for about six month's and just recently sold them on the Gon.

I thought they were a very good sounding speaker and David is the nicest guy you could ever met.But they weren't the best match for me in my main system and I just can't keep everything.

Even though I think we both would agree they do have such a magical midrange but for me in a larger room they sounded a little small in image size and a very small sweet spot.

In the end I did seriously consider moving them to my 2nd system in a smaller room but I did'nt.

I hope you can yourself a pair of Di's you might really like them.

Best,

Kenny.
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ozzy
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"I'll admit it is quite a bit different than Torrey's. Is it better, worse or just different? This happens when you make a change from a familiar sound.

IMHO there is more presence and the soundstage sounds wider and more dynamic. But, there does seem to be less lower bass energy so I may have to readjust the speakers."

Now with a slight adjustment the deep bass is now better defined. I am really liking the Huron upgrade.

ozzy

pavpet
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So I've been listening to the ps audio direct stream dac , with bridge , and now with Huron , as a result of the lower noise floor , the micro detail now is incredible,
pavpet
121 posts
 
The overall timber in the instruments , so real and life like , I'm amazed at every cut ,my hats off ted smith
kdude66
1,200 posts
 
pavpet,

That sounds very encouraging to me,I've installed Huron on my Jr and in the next day or 2 I'm going to check it out in my main system.

Even though I have always liked both my DS and Jr,I always thought they good be better.

As Lance has said a lwr noise floor equals more music


Best,

Kenny.
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