skasundr
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| Received my Denafrips Venus 15th @ejspain2020 Also, there is a little more to the correct I2S setting than just not hearing static/noise. You should make sure 1) the left and right channels are correct (just use a left/right channel test track on whatever streaming service you u... | |
| Received my Denafrips Venus 15th @ejspain2020 If it sounds better, it would not be because of the clock in the Iris, which is worse than the Venus’ clock from a technical standpoint. If you are hearing benefits with the Iris without slaving it to the Venus’ clock (which would in... | |
| Received my Denafrips Venus 15th @vthokie83 Really great point about the rapidly changing USB tech in recent years, and I agree that listening with your own ears should be the final deTerminator with a DDC like with everything else in audio. I always thought that a decent DDC w... | |
| Received my Denafrips Venus 15th If additional inputs are needed and you don’t need a new streamer or you just want to have a DDC for the I2S output (and you don’t care to slave the DDC to the Venus), I would get the Laiv uDDC at a lower cost of $849 vs $1299 for the Hermes. The... | |
| Received my Denafrips Venus 15th @fthompson251 True, that is definitely a reason to at least upgrade to the Hermes if you have that need (the Gaia does not offer anything more in that regard). My Auralic Aries S1 gives me those same extra inputs. If I had not gotten the Musician... | |
| Received my Denafrips Venus 15th Venus 15th owner here. Definitely upgrade the Wiim Streamer; I saw big improvement upgrading to Auralic Aries S1 over the Wiim Ultra. Also, using the lowest model DDC from Denafrips (Iris) or Musician (Pisces II) slaved to the Venus 15ths DAC an... |