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| Denafrips Pontus 12th Anniversary Very interested in this DAC, I've owned an Orchid for several years. It's a great piece of gear but with it's processor, you're still getting 16/44 no matter what you feed it, so more detail is intriguing if you don't give up the "analogness" of i... | |
| New Zu Audio Soul Supreme Speakers Not a fan of the screws, but the knotty figure in the veneer is attractive to me. Unless it has a negative structural consequence I would prefer it to straight grained walnut. | |
| MHDT Orchid v Denafrips Pontus I asked the same question a couple of weeks ago and went to the source. Unfortunately, the guy that was doing them, known to audio forums as "Grannyring", is no longer doing them. LTA will do the cap replacement portion for $650 | |
| MHDT Orchid v Denafrips Pontus @viggen I just discovered something interesting. Perhaps you already know this. MHDT has an eBay (god...will the overloards strip this out?) store. I just looked at it for the first time and there are 3 DACs there not available on his web site or ... | |
| MHDT Orchid v Denafrips Pontus @viggen I have also used the 6922 adapter and an Amperex 6DJ8 tube in my Orchid. Warmed it up a smidge. | |
| MHDT Orchid v Denafrips Pontus @viggen I see it took you about 10 minutes to sell the Pontus 2. Yours and another one listed and sold yesterday. They do be popular. I'm curious if you left it on for a few days before listening? What I've read indicates they don't work well unle... | |
| MHDT Orchid v Denafrips Pontus @ericsch Thanks for the reply. The common theme here seems to be the Pontus may be somewhat better, but people still like their Orchids. In my system (Almarro 318/205 SE amps, Zu Soul/ODW speakers) vocals are already "in the room" with me. I don't... | |
| MHDT Orchid v Denafrips Pontus @hilde45 that sounds like a bit of a mismatch. The Spring 3 would seem like more fair of a fight. I'll pull for the underdog though 🙂 | |
| MHDT Orchid v Denafrips Pontus Thanks for the reply. Did you use the balanced connections? I don't know how much of a difference it would make. Perhaps you also tried single ended. None of my gear is balanced. I understand the Pagoda is a very different animal from the Orchid a... | |
| MHDT Orchid v Denafrips Pontus Since posting this, I've become aware of the "Grannyring" modifications. This sounds like a very plausible way to get what I'm after. Those who have described the difference mention more air and detail in the presentation. I'm investigating this o... | |
| What does an electronics repair shop need to repair my Almarro 318B? I really appreciate the input. It confirms what I suspected. @Dweller, I'm smitten with it. I considered the 205, and it would probably sound lovely with my Zus, Someday I might just get one. I hope you at least got a thank you for your headphone ... | |
| Anybody upgrade their Zu Omen DWs to Souls? The jury has returned and the verdict is in. Souls win! They needed a couple of weeks steady (10+ hours/day) break in to lose some treble grain, but thinking they had improved enough to decide I did a comparison with the ODWs this weekend and the ... | |
| Anybody upgrade their Zu Omen DWs to Souls? I'm not sure exactly, but because the walnut cabinets are already on hand I was told they would be ready to ship in one to two weeks. I'll be optimistic and hope for end of this month. However long it takes, it's too long :-) | |
| Anybody upgrade their Zu Omen DWs to Souls? Interesting. I had done the same with the 15 ohm resistors but with an NAD C368 driving them. As in your case it softened them a bit but didn't give me what I was looking for. I decided to follow the generally accepted path of lower wattage tubes ... | |
| Anybody upgrade their Zu Omen DWs to Souls? With what information is available, and the generous terms, I decided to trade up. A set of walnut cabinets are already handy so the wait will be minimal. I'll update this when they have had a chance to tell me they do or don't belong in my listen... |