Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update

My Pontus II has the EP4CE22F chip and this is welcome news. I too feel that while the new firmware has added some clarity and details that the treble does sound a little more prominent and there is a loss of some overall weight to the sound. As someone else said, I swear I sense a bit less soundstage depth now as well. I still sense layering but seems like the stage overall is less deep? Also, I’m now getting a pop/skip via coaxial from my Zen Stream a few seconds into every track and I let Denafrips know this. Really looking forward to this potential new update for Pontus II EP4CE22F chip owners. 

Interesting, that's at least two reported skipping issues after the upgrade.

Yeah, I would occasionally get a pop/skip before the update but now it's a few seconds into each and every single track without fail.

@audiofilo123 "Changing my system to pursue the dac “new sound” seems really absurd to me."

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I would have to agree with you on this. Now it comes to the realization of whether the new dac sound is actually an improvement to your system. This would be the system synergy. 
By changing the streamer may not be enough, you probably have to change the interconnects, speaker cables, and so on. It is absurd to me too. For the past 40 years in this habit, I have had so many gears passing through my system, from the classics of Marantz Model 9, Mcintosh MC225 to Krell, Pass Lab, Joule Electra, Legacy Whisper, and on and on. After down sizing of life, luckily I am now still having the Kimber Select interconnects and speaker cables that I will not let go. And, just by changing the Kimber pure silver to silver-copper hybrid, the sound becomes warmer, relax, and musical. And the price for the pure silver ic is almost double the hybrid. This is system synergy. And it is not about the price. 

To me, the updated firmware is great. It leaves us with a lot of potential. :)
 

From what I read in HeadFi forum, apparently Denafrips are aware of the complaints and diligently working on releasing new firmware updates for Pontus II with both EP4CE22F and EP4CE6F chips. We shall see...

Anyways, I  have never seen such an active interaction between a manufacturer and audiophile community...  simply amazing.