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| Schiit yggdrasil + Less Is More vs. Denafrips Pontus II Or avoid the DDC by considering a streamer like the Mercury V2, iFi NEO Stream (faster bit rates than the Mercury, but you're paying for a 2nd DAC), or other streamer that supports I2S natively. I own the Denafrips Pontus II and Iris DDC, and rece... | |
| Songs with excellent advice? Ricky Nelson's "Garden Party" | |
| With I2S how much does the streamer hardware matter? @calieng I also own a Denafrips DAC (Pontus II) and an Iris DDC, and recently bought a Mercury V2 Streamer. I was similarly impressed. The two streaming paths I compared were: Roon -(ethernet)-> RPI4 -(USB)-> Iris -(I2S)-> Pontus and;... | |
| Can US 220 Volts Be Used On European 220 V Amp? @erik_squires It Hertz me to read that… | |
| Adding a Dac and Stresmer I have a Pontus II as well, and I also love it; additionally, I have a PL preamp and PL power amps, so I think my experience will be relevant to your questions. I have an Iris DDC, but after doing the experiment described below, I no longer use it... | |
| PS Audio Nuwave DSD DAC +1 @raysmtb1 | |
| Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade? According to Phillips and Sony, who jointly introduced the audio CD format, the CD was first marketed in November 1982 in Japan and in March 1983 in Europe. I remember picking up a Sony CD player in the Akihabara district in Tokyo in 1984, because... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Stanley Turrentine & Milt Jackson "Cherry" | |
| RIP David Lindley He could play anything with strings… an incredible talent who will be sorely missed. | |
| Why Are We Breaking Our Brains? If you are using the wine analogy, you should read up on The Judgment of Paris tasting in 1976. [T]he greatest underdog tale in wine history was about to unfold. Californian wines scored big with the judges and won in both the red and white cate... | |
| Tube rolling newbie- how to choose NOS tubes +1 Brent Jesse | |
| What to listen for? I often listen to jazz while working; I can't have lyrics playing when I am working on very technical stuff. I remember working while I had a live album on, recorded in a small club (I wish I remember which one). But at one point, I got annoyed at... | |
| Recommend A New DAC Between $1000 and $2000 My path so far has been from the built-in DAC in the Bluesound Node 2i, to the Schiit Modi Multibit, and now to the Denafrips Pontus II, which is in the price range you specified. I am sure I will get the itch to upgrade at some point, but right n... | |
| Worth upgrading my cables? In order of importance for my system: speaker placement (free and uber-important) speaker isolation (own and like IsoAcoustics Gaia) speaker cables (own and like Morrow Audio) | |
| Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined? @russ69 This is the last one; after this, ChatGPT will probably revoke my charter... Question: Write a review of the Bowers and Wilkins 801 D3 speakers, in the style of John Blutarsky. ChatGPT's answer: Man, these Bowers and Wilkins 801 D3 spea... |