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| 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... | |
| Denafrips Pontus II FPGA firmware upgrade 2023 @mksun thanks for the information. In my use scheme, it is around 40 days (8 hours a day)... so far 8 days have passed. Now the sound is less glazzy and a bit less congested. But still not natural at all. And the qualities I miss the the most ar... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update @bobo1000 I am exactly in the same boat with you: the experienced “glassiness” and the will to wait for burn in and see the improvements. If not, then I wish to go back to the previous firmware. | |
| Denafrips Pontus II FPGA firmware upgrade 2023 @mksun I admit that don’t understand why a Firmware change needs burn-in but I am not an Engineer so I choose to believe what the brands says, So I will wait, let’s say another full week until I reporting any more, just to be fare. Although I am... | |
| Denafrips Pontus II FPGA firmware upgrade 2023 I will give it the mentioned break-in time and more, but now, after 4 days it still makes unhappy... let’s see how it goes. I haven’t change anything in my system and I was having a blast prior to the firmware upgrade. The sound was very natural ... | |
| Denafrips Pontus II FPGA firmware upgrade 2023 After some listening hours I get the impression that, despite the enhanced soundstage and definition, there is also some kind of artificiality to the sound. There is more clarity in the mids and I can hear more details and voices / instruments ar... | |
| Tubes for a pre stage... matched NEW or unmatched identical NOS? Thanks to all for all the interesting posts. It seems that matched is the way to go, but as I don’t want to spend top money on NOS tubes I will to manage with NEW production tubes. What are your favorite 12au7 type NEW production? |