I admit I have not been giving the love the cyan 2 deserves lately while I am honeymooning with the dsc2, the sound of which is simply too addictive…, everytime i swapped in the cyan 2 for a brief session, it puts a smile on my face. Everything just sounds right and makes me feel guilty of not...

Can’t see why you would not be happy with the Cyan 2 really.

There really isn’t much to chase after dsd1024 anyway, unless you are looking for added noise

Exactly, I took my DSC2 (not to be mistaken with DCS 2) to my friend's place to compare with his Aqua La Scala MKii. He was absolutely blown away and asked me how much did it cost and guessed at least $3500 being a DIY dac

I am not sure why ppl associate sound quality with price. I have heard some very expensive dacs and the cyan 2 sounded better hands down… I have no doubt dacs do sound different and it’s pretty easy for ppl to associate that dac A is expensive and sound different = better. I have not heard the...

I could be wrong. But the correction to me is most apparent in DSD512, it was used to be not as clean, less forward compared to DSD256. With the correction, noise floor is much closer to DSD256. I am not sure how it is possible but with the correction, bass seems to hit a bit harder as well. I...

I was a bit over cautious initially (being one of the pioneers ordering the cyan 2 with Jo) If I have to do it again or purchasing a Serene with Jo, I would not hesitate to use another cheaper payment method

I actually paid with PayPal to Jo, if you don’t mind additional service charges

Agreed on both but recently preparing the poly-sinc xtr short mp or the xtr short lp a bit more

Enabling dac correction will work now even not setting the pipeline to 8 under the advance settings

If you are attempting to set pipeline to 8 to address the dac correction setting. The latest hqplayer desktop version had already the memory and cpu resource issue

Yes, in a few weeks time, this thread will be dead quiet again once ppl on the waiting list get their units!!! :beyersmile: What else is there to talk about really, after coming back to this thread and praise about it being stunning, then you just go back and enjoy your music...

I was very decisive and took advantage of the early bird special pricing at Wildism audio back in December, rather than speculating and “let’s wait for xxx’s review before I make the decision”

Cyan2 owners too busy enjoying their music hence the quietness. There’s absolutely nothing to complain about.

There really is no sound quality difference with upsampling to 44 or 48 base, it just uses more resources