Kana you need to back down man. You have no idea how the units differ as you have not heard mine. Is it possible the Star Sound rack is better sounding than the HRS? Is it possible the Jupiter caps are better sounding than the Dynamicaps? They are. Is it possible the 70 pound tube regulated Dude is better sounding than the 4x4 inch circuit board card that is the VC in the Romulus Signature? Oh my it most certainly is possible.
Is it possible one's complete system and room are tuned to get more out of a given player? You bet it is.
Do some not want to deal with a computer as a front end transport? Many do not.
Is it possible that my unit is 90 plus percent of the full Signature? Certainly.
You make the stock unit sound like a distant relative. For $7000 it better not be.
My guess is you're not an experienced modifier and don't know the kinds of gains that are possible with effort and experience. I have both.
Not sure what your motivation is, but you seem to be narrow minded and rather myopic on this topic.
I like the Aesthetix company and Glenn has been helpful as we talked through these upgrades. Is there more I can do? Why yes and that will come in the future.
No unit or brand of DAC is so fully baked that careful upgrades couldn't yield additional sonic improvements.
I don't have a Signature model, no I have a unique hybrid unit placed in a well tuned complete system that you have never heard. Stand down Kana.
No absolutes in this hobby. None. Impossible to know what a given unit sounds like in the context of a complete system. I pointed out just a few of the variations above. The totality of my Romulus, in my system vs. a Signature in another system with no Dude, no Apprentice rack, no mods is impossible for you to judge.
Is it possible one's complete system and room are tuned to get more out of a given player? You bet it is.
Do some not want to deal with a computer as a front end transport? Many do not.
Is it possible that my unit is 90 plus percent of the full Signature? Certainly.
You make the stock unit sound like a distant relative. For $7000 it better not be.
My guess is you're not an experienced modifier and don't know the kinds of gains that are possible with effort and experience. I have both.
Not sure what your motivation is, but you seem to be narrow minded and rather myopic on this topic.
I like the Aesthetix company and Glenn has been helpful as we talked through these upgrades. Is there more I can do? Why yes and that will come in the future.
No unit or brand of DAC is so fully baked that careful upgrades couldn't yield additional sonic improvements.
I don't have a Signature model, no I have a unique hybrid unit placed in a well tuned complete system that you have never heard. Stand down Kana.
No absolutes in this hobby. None. Impossible to know what a given unit sounds like in the context of a complete system. I pointed out just a few of the variations above. The totality of my Romulus, in my system vs. a Signature in another system with no Dude, no Apprentice rack, no mods is impossible for you to judge.