I like NOS better, anyway. If you were to try listening to upsampling, and NOS playing on your Pontus, you might feel the same, in which case the issue is moot.
Denafrips Pontus II Clicks Or Static?
There have been some who have reported clicks or static occasionally with their Denafrips Pontus II DAC units. And there is a test measurement review of the Pontus II 12th on the golden sound website talking about the following:
"When DACs oversample, they can sometimes encounter a situation where the reconstructed/interpolated waveform goes above 0dBfs (the maximum possible digital value)."
"The Pontus 2 is susceptible to intersample overs, and unfortunately, in a particularly bad way."
"The Pontus 2 does not clip, but instead when a sample value reaches above the maximum, it ‘wraps around’ to the minimum negative value, causing a huge sudden transient which will be very audible and may appear as crackling/popping."
Has anyone with a Pontus II encountered this anomaly when playing CDs? If so, can you elaborate about that? I am aware that the Pontus II can be firmware upgraded, so if this is an occasional issue, it could be eliminated with an upgrade.