Nice! These are the sound characteristics I look for the most. When the pandemic lockdown is over in Montreal, I will definitely go to a store for an audition.

My bad, I though the cups were made of plastic just by how they look, (I never saw these cans in person), so you are right, full metal construction. :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing your impressions with the Susvara, Verite and Utopia. I also have Nirvana and Verite Open and I am just simply in love with this combo. For me, the spatial cues and the 3D effect are exceptional. I hear sounds all around my head, great separation and depth is quite deep. Highs...

To give you an idea, i ordered Verite 3 months ago and will receive them this week.

I feel you, almost 2 months since i placed my order, i am sure the wait will be worth it.

I agree with @DavidA about the small effect of cable upgrade for these headphones. I have been enjoying the HE560s for the last year, and after upgrading all my cables (power cables, usb cable, interconnects, headphone cable,etc), i would say yes, there is definitely a difference, but it is a...

Very nice ! Glad i could help you with this. Yeah i also let my windows 10 sound settings to 384khz so youtube and others can play music correctly.

I always wondered if that pink faun USB bridge would make a noticeable difference vs usb cable straight from pc usb port. From your experience, does it bring any improvements ?

I was in the same boat with my Audio-GD R2R-2, all firmwares and sample rates gave me distortion until i found this only solution that worked on my system. If you haven't try it, it is worth a shot. See posts #503 and #509.

Thx for the tip @FredA , i forgot about that option. I am currently playing music with the new ebay 2.1 HDMI cable i received this morning. No dropouts so far and i enjoy my setup very much. In 100-200 hours i'll have a better idea of the final sound. I have that cable + new usb audio...

Hi @kid vic , i can only comment for Audio GD R2R-2 since i haven't heard the others. Before my R2R-2, i also had a Beresford dac and upgrading to the Audio-GD was quite a jump in terms of improvement. You get more of everything and better. I know this is subjective, but I wouldn't say that...

Nice !! Glad my solution worked for you too :) It is strange that the U16 is working without issues on your Audio GD NOS7 but not R1. I was wondering myself if the problem was with my dac or the U16 itself. At least now we have a solution. Enjoy !

Hi @FredA , all firmwares gave me distortion regarding of sample rates except for this solution i found : Now i upsample PCM to 384 KHz with firmware 1.61, and it works with HDMI !!! I let DSD64 and DSD128 as is. DSD, 384 KHz and 96 KHz are the only sample rate that work on my system with...

@DACLadder I don't have access to another DDC unfortunately. I am waiting for a new high-speed 1m 2.1 HDMI cable (same as the one @FredA has ) and hope it will fix the issue. I just don't understand why DSD > Gustard > HDMI > Dac would work fine on my system but not PCM (any sample rates) >...

No issues for me too in this configuration : Windows 10 + Roon (upsampled to DSD128) -> USB to U16 -> I2S to Audio Gd R2R-2 -> amp I would just not prefer to upsample everything to DSD, since i prefer the snappier sound of PCM, and PCM distort heavily with I2S on U16.