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Responses from old_ears
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 @acmaier3 The Pontus II is indeed an R2R DAC, but the ladder is controlled by an FPGA chip that has 3 different firmware editions available with different sound outputs. | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 yyzsantabarbara, After listening thru the 3 FPGA "tunings" of late on my Pontus II, I agree...very nice to have a manufacture/distributer that offers free upgrades and tries to accommodate differing ears. The FPGA programing can create quite dif... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update Great cocktail! The Lush is back with 1.4 Firmware on Pontus II. After 2 days burning/listening...2 big thumbs & ears UP! Jucy, balanced, bass foundation with the new details. Way to go Alvin and Denifrips!! | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update Yup, as of today 15May a new edition, 1.4, of the firmware update is available for the Pontus models only. Hopefully the happy medium. I was just about to fully accept the sound of the 1.3.2 (first upgrade) after extended burn-in. Will give ... | |
| Schiit yggdrasil + Less Is More vs. Denafrips Pontus II I think the talk about fuse upgrades comes from the Holo May offerings? Happy Pontus II owner here, still burning in- deciding on OG firmware or the FPGA upgrade version. It is mellowing out with time, more detail, esp in the high end. SA... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? Toddalin, I think your right about listening room waveform interactions. When I get a new CD I usually first listen on my standalone OPPO 83, Pontus II, Jot 2, Aria headphone system to evaluate all the detail, ambiance, tone/timbre, space ar... | |
| Bose 901 VI flat? I had a pair of series II from new into the 90's when the Bose 500 watt "arc welder" Amp shorted for the second time and took out 1 amp channel and all 9 drivers on that side. Sorry but back in the day the bass was way bigger than roomy's L1... | |
| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? kingbr, second the Diana Krall SACD. For something completely different, Point Yellow, Dolby Atmos edition...the "stage" moves around the room using various pairs of 7.1 speakers. | |
| Denafrips Pontus II Clicks Or Static? So along these lines: I question why on my 2010 MacBook Air, Audio Devices, when I go to set/match sample rates why is the Pontus II always showing a 32 bit rate? Also I'm disappointed with the technical requirements for the firmware update. My ... | |
| New Outlets Lead to Better Sounding and Tasting Coffee Thanks for the Owl recommend Eric... | |
| New Outlets Lead to Better Sounding and Tasting Coffee Hmm, surprised miguelito hasn't chimed in here. When Steve Guttenberg Audiophiliac, toured Miguels' system I, and others, noticed the high end espresso machine in the background. One person ask what his preferred beans were; Black Cat Classic Es... | |
| Favourite Guitarists Memorable moments: Leo Kottke, in the middle of 12 string magic breaks the hi g string and without missing a beat starts transposing around it...Utah late 70's Santana, last note of the Caravanserai performance rings for at least 2 min after... | |
| What Digital to Digital Converter Do You Use? Why? to ghdprentice Agree, I'm not sold on converting any native output signal, just adds interpellation (maybe good or bad). What did make a very notable difference for me was using a cheap "break-out" box on an OPPO 83 HDMI output to separate t... | |
| NEWS FLASH!! Listening to Music is NOT a "Distraction." Just to end on a humorous, self-deprecating cautionary tale: Yep, love disappearing into the music along with the speakers/headphones...unless....it's 4am, in a snowstorm, with 1ft on the unplowed twisty mt. road, on the way to do avalanche con... | |
| What's better, one conductor or two conductors for an RCA interconnect? Learning as we go: after some googling and contemplating there is one area that needs clearing up. The OP was enquiring about various RCA analogue cable designs I believe. I'm sure there can be sound differences between them, single channel ... |