Does the OP "burn-in" a new laptop computer? A DAC is the same! If it doesn't work 100% from turn-on return it! Stop falling for this burn-in crap!
Denefrips Pontus "burn in" period?
Hello all
Now there's a chance I may be a little premature with this, but I've received my Pontus 8 days ago and have had it running ever since, powered up, most of the time with signal going through it, and so far I'm a little concerned. I am aware that with this particular dac it is recommended to run it roughly 10 days before it really burns in, but being only a couple of days away, I can't say the sound has changed very noticeably. Matter of fact, when I A/B with my project S2 plus dac, and even my blue sound node internal deck, I can barely tell a difference! Does burning happen gradually? Is there all of a sudden a hallelujah moment where this thing starts kicking ass? Does anybody have more experience with this particular piece of gear? Current system is rogue audio ST100 amp, rogadio RP1 preamp, upgraded tubes, blue jean cabling, upgraded power cords on power amp and preamp. I had high hopes that this dac that has received so much high praise was going to blow my meager dacs out of the water, and so far not the case at all. I must say, the thing weighs a ton and looks gorgeous, but I'm getting a little concerned at this point that I may end up disappointed. Talk me off the ledge!
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typed that one a little too fast... what i meant was to use the ’least’ filtering while in oversampling... what they call ’slow’ os filtering -- op, see link for details... https://www.denafrips.com/single-post/2020/03/12/pontusvenus-dac-configuration
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Hi jin, I also have a Bluesound Node and you should be hearing a substantial improvement over its internal DAC. I am using the very affordable Signal Cable digital coax between the BS node and my DAC and it made a nice difference. Also, I have used both the Blue Jean Canare and Belden speaker cables. In my system, the Belden speaker cables sounded like the proverbial wet blanket was over my system, compared to the Canare cable. Just my 2 cents. Besides this, it is sounding like you may have a unit that is not functioning correctly.
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Alvin actually stated it was the Aries II that has a compatibility issue with the Node coax input. Owning a R2R DAC my beliefs are they are more subject to temp stability and burn in than traditional chip DAC's. My burn in was 4 weeks cycling between full on and standby never completely off. I usually since the room is coolish power up fully at least an hour or so prior to critical listening.
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