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Denafrips Pontus 12th Anniversary

Greetings 

I’ve been considering moving up from my Ares ii to a Pontus ii and there have been a few of them coming up on the pre-owned market lately.

Now I’m seeing that Vinshine is offering the Pontus 12th version and there’s not a whole lot of info about what is improved on it.

Sounds like some power supply improvements and also some gold plated screws?

Has anyone heard the new Pontus 12th or know any specifics about how it compares to the Pontus ii?  What are the improvements, if any?

Pre-owned Pontus ii’s are selling for about $250 less than a brand new 12th. (At least in the U.S.) So not a huge savings.  Plus there’s shipping .., I can’t remember if Vinshine charges shipping.

Thanks in advance 

JS

 

j_andrews
gryphongryph
353 posts
 

Is there any difference in sound quality between the rca v the balanced output?

backgroundblur
57 posts
 

Impressions...

 

I like OS with the slow filter.  Phase button set to on.  Nos sounds good, but less spacious.  

 

Balanced sounds considerably more open than single ended.

allanblissett
140 posts
 

There is a tread over at Audiokarma.org in the Dac forum with thus title. 

I heard the Most 'Analog Sounding' DAC in my Life

The second page has a video explaining the differences,  check it out.

Sorry my link skill is lacking. 

fastcat95
36 posts
 

backgroundblur:  Are you hearing any of the audible clicks and pops that have been mentioned in another thread here in the digital section regarding the Pontus?

Also, what are your impressions now that the break in is proceeding?

backgroundblur
57 posts
 

About 7 dats in, and the break in process is everything it was reported to be.  Through day 3-5, it swung from good to unlistenable.  Day 6 it stared to sound consistent, and this morning, now day 7, it sounds very coherent, with a rich but open sound from top to bottom, with only the slightest hardness in the upper treble.

 

No pops and clicks through usb.

 

I think it has finally found it’s final sound, at least I’m hoping it has, because it sounds really good now.  If I don’t notice any other changes, I plan on giving it another week so the unit has a chance to iron out the last of its wrinkles, and assuming (hopefully), no more big changes in sound occur, I just plan to spend that week listening for any issues the unit might have, but as of now, I haven’t discovered any.

 

After that, I plan on head to heading this unit against the Border Patrol SE, and I’ll keep the one I enjoy more.

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