Received my Denafrips Venus 15th

Yes very organic. I will be honest that it has been a journey coming from a Venus ii.

Some times I wish it had little bit more edge.LOL. My subjective listening seams to change with the day. 
 

The Venus 15th is extremely smooth. Notsure if it would change the sound but It maybe a time for a DDC if I2S will bring a little more from the combination.
 

Maybe a better streamer as I am using  a Wiim Pro. It would be hard to give up the ease of Wiims software.    

Thanks everyone for your excellent advice. I really appreciate you taking the time to write out your suggestions and comments. I think I like the idea of adding better streamer first. I see Innuous does both does Qobuz and Deezer which are 2 of my music services. Is there any streamers that would also include Amazon HD on addition to the other two?
 

Well everyone I thought before i jumped in with an expensive streamer i would try a little experiment. My Venus 15th has the ability to output it’s clock signals. I know these clocks are not the top of the Denafrips  lineup but they must pretty good if they gave us the clock out option. 
 

Really having the itch to try I2S I decided to look at the Denafrips Streamers. They have there budget Arce and the Arcas. Apparently a more expensive version in also in design stages. The Arcas is supposed to sound better than the Arce from what I have read. 
 

I think the Arcas has similar clocks to my Venus 15th.  I wondered if the Arce could sound close to the Arcas if I used the Clocks out  of my Venus 15th 

Needless to say I ordered the Arce and received it today. I had ordered 75ohm bnc cables from Bluejean cables for the clock out and A short HDMI cable for the I2S connection. 
 

The Arce is a very solid little unit and looks great. 
 

i configured both the Arce and the Venus for the clocks and I2S connections. Enabled the Arce in Roon and knowing you have to be careful with the original I2S connection(testing to make sure configs are correct) i decided to try AESBU connection because I am impatient and wanted to see if a streamer could make a difference. 
 

Wow is the first listening impressions I experienced from the very first song. Clarity, air and sound stage improvements were huge. 
 

I will be trying the I2S connection on another day. For now I am going to enjoys my new sound. 
 

I have to wonder if the Arcas would make a greater improvement or is Arce going to be on par utilizing the Venus clocks?  Maybe an Arcas for my Venus ii is in my future. 😀
 

My understanding is the new Pontus 15th is the old Venus ii. All version 15th Dacs received a substantial upgrade with Denafrips selling direct to the end user now. 

Yes dual cables for clock out of the Venus to the Arce. 
 

Unfortunately I am in Canada so I think it is still cheaper to buy direct.