Denafrips Avatar looks the goods
@thyname "Lowlife my man. A single power cord of mine is worth more than your entire “system” combined. 😂😂. Yeah... I killed it. I make a lot of money you bottom feeder beaching about a 1G transport. Now... back to your next trip to a thrift store 😉" Wow, another amazing contribution from "thyname" to the discussion board. I'm done with this. |
The only, single thing I don't love is that if you hit Play on the Jay's AUdio transport is that after pausing a song, it starts the song over instead of resuming from the paused position. The pause problem will be a problem for me as I often listen to classical music which has long movements, often 20+ minutes each. This would mean I would have to look at the time on the unit (or does the pause show the time), remember it and fast forward to that time again. Is the fast forward very fast or relatively slow? Does the unit have a fast or slow reverse button, giving an alternative return to the paused location. Does it have a total disc time, number of tracks and track remaining features? Thanks since I am probably going to purchase the unit unless it is difficult to use. My EAR Acute has all of these features. What about the Avatar, does it have the same pause problem? I see that it shows the tracks. Will it be as reliable as the Jay's Audio? They appear similar in design (note the similar rows of caps, the top load and overall look). Maybe they were made in the same factory. I am using a COS Engineering D2v DAC with coax out of the EAR. |
I've upgraded to the COS Engineering D1 mk2. I tried the Cambridge CXC-clean detailed sound but lacking in fullness/bass foundation. Terrible remote. The Avatar is gone as Denafrips has no transports. Jay's Audio unit was upgraded to CD2 mk3 and has optional redbook and upsampling output. It appears to meet typical operating disc criteria I asked but did not get answered above. It's either Jay's Audio or the also unheard CEC TL5n. |
Avatar cdp is available from chinese distros: SG$ 2,095.13 | DN-03 De-nafrips AVATAR CD CDM4 Player Driver Turntable all in one PCB 11 Kinds Digital Output as Coaxial Optical HDMI I2S R-J45 I sold the Jay Audio one to get the Avatar which I can sync to one single high quality oxco clock in my Denafrips Terminator Plus DE .. huge difference ! Cheers. |
