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Upgrade or Downgrade Changing Bel Canto 3.7 For New Denafrips Pontus 15th?

Help! I’m looking to replace my Bel Canto 3.7 DAC with the new Pontus 15th DAC (similar to the Denafrips Venus 12th). The main motivation for this change is that I’d like an I2S connection for my CD transport to natively play the SACD’s I have.

(For information my current CD playback system is PS Audio Perfectwave CD/SACD Transport via XLR, and an Onkyo C5 SACD player via Toslink into the Bel Canto 3.7 DAC; Pathos Kratos Hybrid Integrated Amplifier and Sonus Faber Sonetto VIII speakers with Arendal 1723S subwoofer.)

I would greatly appreciate any insights into whether this change would be an upgrade or a downgrade to my system given the musicality of the Bel Canto 3.7?

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ucrazykid
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Ah! I see. So they Onkyo won’t be needed once you have the PS feeding a DAC from its I2S output.  Got it. 

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ucrazykid
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I believe you have a fundamental problem with what you are trying to do.  The Onkyo C5 CD/SACD does not have an IS2 output unless you have had it modified? The S/PDIF outputs (optical/Toslink, and Coax) do not output a native DSD signal. 

Am I missing something?

 

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