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| BEST CD TRANSPORT I have several excellent CD players and just bought the Audiolab 9000CDT and it is truly wonderful machine, very well built and with superior performance. The Atoll DR200 Signature and the two newcommers, the Schiit URD and Shanling ET-3, are al... | |
| DAC UPGRADE QUESTION I had the Qutest and changed it for the Denafrips Pontus II to get a more natural and relaxed sound in my system, but you might prefer what you already got. Tryto listen to other dacs without selling the Qutest, and that is my advice :) | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT A few weeks ago, I bought a Audiolab 9000 CDT and it is fantastic: amazing sound, great built and fair price. I have several good CD players and CD transports, but the 9000 CDT presents the music in a special way, very detailed, smooth and engagin... | |
| Forté 1A power amplifier.... still good? @decooney that is what I suspect, extending the works could totally revitalize the 1A, but at what cost? It certainly must sound excellent:) Do you know if the full conversion to Class A make the power consumption go even higher? Unfortunately ... | |
| Von Schweikert Research VR-3... still any good? @bdgregory @simonmoon Thanks, very helpful:) I will contact VS | |
| Metrum Acoustics owners experience @mitch2 wow! Thanks for sharing all that information, it really helps. I will look the Sonnet products for sure. @mrotino @dalims4 thanks for sharing :) Any experience with the entry level Octave II dac? | |
| Thiel Owners I am having so much fun with my Thiel CS.5 but sometimes I feel the need for a bit more bass. My room is rectangular shape (speakers on the short wall) with 2,42cm ceilings and a total area of 18sq meters. The amp that I currently use is the Vin... | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) @painter24 buying an almost unknown piece of gear is always a risky move but also an exciting one. I bought my Pontus a couple of months before all the hype and choose it instead of a (used-but-mint) Holo Audio Spring 2 Kitsune Edition, very well ... | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) I have a huge CD collection and a Denafrips Pontus II and would love to listen / read a comparison between my dac and the Cen.Grand, as I am very curious about the red book upsampling to DSD... | |
| CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE I am interested in upgrading from my Cambridge CXC (Denafrips Pontus II dac) and I been thinking about these two: - Audiolab 9000 CDT - Atoll DR200 Signature Both are built around the same TEAC drive and cost half the price of the Jays Audio CD... | |
| Anybody here upgrade from Chord Qutest DAC" I had the Qutest a few years ago and changed it for the Denafrips Pontus II, a more natural sound dac. Although I didn’t do a side-by-side comparison, I remember to have a inconsistent enjoyment from the Chord: great with some recordings and so so... | |
| Denafrips Pontus II FPGA firmware upgrade 2023 @lollipopguild Hi, I must say that I was expecting to hear some improvements on the FW1.3 but that never happened, in fact was the worst digital experience of my audiophile life. Then I have returned to the FW1.0 and all was instantly amazing a... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update It could be interesting if Denafrips released this upcoming FW to satisfy people like me, and it was nothing but the old FW in disguise, probably with a tweak or two. I would be happy with that :) As for the synergy aspects of the last FW (the on... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update @figuy the same happened to me. A day after the FW upgrade I saw that it had changed to OS Sharp filter, instead of my preferred Slow filter. So I changed it to Slow filter (phase on) and continue to listen until yesterday evening - a 10 days pe... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update "kengt 04-11-2023 at 07:21am Besides the burn in, there are still other issues needed to be considered, such as system synergy and weak link in the system. The new firmware may not be the weakest link in your system. Or, it may just be not suit... |