Great 👍, nice upgrade to T-Plus. Before the new FW update on my P-II, I have had many tweaks to my system, besides jitter reducer, the most noticeable tweak was the improved grounding on the power conditioner. With the new FW's better soundstage and transparency, it's like icing on the cake 🍰...

Not really ! :relaxed: I was just about to sell my PII right before the update because it was lacking emotion in vocal in my system comparing to my other dacs. But with the new FW, it is the best in my collections. :relaxed:

I have to buy them from Kimber Kable because My friend is still using them after 20 years and to connect his BAT Rex power amp to Avalon speakers and sounded like a true reference system. That truly woke me up and found my way back.:relaxed: My system loves PII with the FW 1.3. :slight_smile...

System synergy ! ! ! The utmost importance. I had made some mistakes over the years. The biggest mistake was to sell my Kimber Bi Focal speaker cables to my friend. Since then, I have being lost in the field of HiFi. And 20 years passed, I bought them back again. "Think about it", 20 years is a...

Just took the 1.3 for a spin with Bob Dylan "Man in the Long Black Coat". It was amazing.

The way I look at this FW updates is like buying a car. A year ago, you bought a car 1.0 and loved it. A year passed by, you are still enjoying it. Then, the dealership give you another 2 cars, 1.3 and car 1.4 for free. Now you have 3 cars in your garage and have the freedom to choose which one...

I saw your post that you upgraded your preamp with Audio Note parts that I admired a lots.👍 I am wondering if you upgrade your 6sn7 tubes. On the tube gears, Upgrading the tubes is very important. I have upgraded all my 6sn7s to 1940s military tubes and they sound incredible. I used to have a...

Thank you for your insights and sharing.

I would buy Hermes or Gaia because they have both USB (for streamer) and other digital inputs (CD player) and better clock than SU-6. However, I don't own either Hermes or Gaia so I don't know how they compare to the Helen. With my setup now after burn in, Lumin (via Roon)/Helen/PII (new FW), I...

I set at 96kHz on Roon. I prefer this sampling rate on all music. 🙂

The Titans Helen jitter reducer doesn't take USB. But I did try Lumin with Singxer SU-6 DDC. I prefer Helen more than SU-6. The reason I got SU-6 is that the Helen has problems working with Qobuz streaming services. Every time when the music changing sampling rate, Helen would take 12 sec to...

It gave me a lots of laugh and joy by reading "I also enjoy with the FPGA burn-in joke🤪. All these lazy electrons…" and "Yassas my friend, it was crazy about the FPGA burn-in, what it really burnt was my ears, going back to the OG was instant pleasure, Nirvana again haha". 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

The streamer is definitely very important. The Lumin is very relax and musical. It will take advantage of the new FW. I also have Auralic Aries Femto and used to connect it to the Singxer SU-6 and P-II. I have to say I really love the sound. Therefore, I do understand why Pomarantz loves his...

Lumin => Wireworld Platinum 7 Coaxial => Titans Helen => Wireworld Platinum 7 I2S => P-II Good listening !