It’s nice to see the updates from 60 to 77. I was lit about Ares12th and now it’s Pontus. I still have the Ares12th with the latest firmware. Love it! I run Simaudio’s Moon 340 with a Sony SACD player and Rotel cd player. Qobuz for streaming through a small Samsung laptop.I just purchased...

Yes. 3.12 or 3.14 for the USB MCU but the latest actual firmware is 1.8 and I think it sounds great after a short burn in at least with the Ares ll 12th.

Current is 1.8 on the firmware.

To me the 1.8 fw for the Ares 12th was a slam dunk difference. Better top and lower end while the mid held its own. 1.0 is nostalgic since it was a far cry better than no DAC but it had less clarity and a muddier sound after many hours. Viva la difference!

Slow and steady works well with 1.8 for my taste even though most of my taste is jazz. I wish you pleasant discoveries. I’m very impressed with the product.

Alvin from Denafrips called NOS chunkier and good for vocals and jazz and said Slow filtering was his recommendation for the over all majority .

Windows 10/11 has a signature driver policy. If a downloaded driver does not fit in Windows cache of Trusted drivers you cannot install it unless you restart in advance options mode and press 7 to turn off the requirement. You will then be able to follow Denafrips installation procedure.

Alvin and crew are doing a real service to us seekers of fine sound.

You have to turn off digital signature in advanced options then restart.

Absolutely

More detail exacerbates the artists and engineers quality of work one way or the other. I vote yes to that!

I’m love loving version 1.8. The original fw became bland and muddy. I really encourage folks who try the new fw to log some time and then play with the filtering to your liking. Alvin called NOS a chunkier sound for vocals and jazz but liked the slow filtering best for overall performance. I...

I hope you gave the system time to marinade? Also, try NOS. It’s quite good for vocals and jazz.

Are we talking NOS, Slow or Fast?