Adding and clocking a Denafrips Iris DDC for I2S input to the Terminator Plus was a near Damn moment compared to the straight USB from an Innuos Statement.
What was a Damn moment was when Innuos released their InnuOS 2.0 and I was able to dump Roon. InnuOS 2.0 just makes noise vanish. While Tidal is still nowhere close to the quality of local files and InnuOS 2.0 doesn't support HiRez from Tidal yet, Tidal sounds so much better. The fatigue factor is 90 % decreased because the background noise is so much less. The presentation is more dynamic and more relaxed at the same time. More so with local files but Tidal actually benefits more relatively because it was so much worse to start with.
InnuOS 2.0 further reveals and widens the gap between Redbook and HiRez. It also reveals and widens the gap between HiRez PCM and DSD. DSD has more detail and richness with better pace and timing. Its more immersive. With Roon I always felt DSD sounded wrong but it was just the distortion and noise Roon was adding that made is sound off.
What was a Damn moment was when Innuos released their InnuOS 2.0 and I was able to dump Roon. InnuOS 2.0 just makes noise vanish. While Tidal is still nowhere close to the quality of local files and InnuOS 2.0 doesn't support HiRez from Tidal yet, Tidal sounds so much better. The fatigue factor is 90 % decreased because the background noise is so much less. The presentation is more dynamic and more relaxed at the same time. More so with local files but Tidal actually benefits more relatively because it was so much worse to start with.
InnuOS 2.0 further reveals and widens the gap between Redbook and HiRez. It also reveals and widens the gap between HiRez PCM and DSD. DSD has more detail and richness with better pace and timing. Its more immersive. With Roon I always felt DSD sounded wrong but it was just the distortion and noise Roon was adding that made is sound off.