Hey, I use the Onyx. When I reached out to Metrum they mentioned they use optical isolation on USB, which I take to mean there's an optical converter at the input. Personally I think it sounds amazing, just wondering could it be even better.

Hi, reaching out to Metrum owners, do you guys use any USB reclockers or USB/SPDIF converters like EITR, is there any audible improvement with Metrum dacs? It seems to me their USB implementation is very good, I'm just wondering.

I don't think you'll regret it. I studied the DAC 2000 a bit, I guess it used one module to decode and it was a 20 bit module, so good for 16/44.1, the Onyx has 2 DAC2 modules per channel, each of which has 2 16 bit ladders if I recall correctly, so basically 4 ladders per channel, and it can...

Yes, I just purchased the Onyx. Stupendous Fidelity. I would have a hard time believing anything bettering it at it's price range. I haven't heard the Yggdrasil though so can't comment on that, I'm just not a fan of OS dacs so it wasn't really in my list to buy. My reference dac was PS Audio...

So did anyone buy the 1541 and compare to Holo Audio Spring or any of the Denafrips models? I'm interested in a r2r dac and trying to decide what to go for.

Anyone have the Venus?

What are the differences between the Venus and the Terminator?

I have a few basic questions. Besides the default music player, what other free player can be used that has a clean, minimal interface and an easy search function? For reference, I use MediaMonkey on my computer and I like the way it scans everything and can search by ID3 tags. I still find...

What are the differences between the Venus and Terminator? From the specs it looks like only the power supply?

Hi, anyone ordered/received any of the higher end DACs like the Pontus or Venus? I am interested in the Venus compated to say Holo Audio Spring Kitsune edition.

Wow, I am incredibly sad to read through this thread. Is this the same company as Light Harmonic, that created Da Vinci dac? They seem to be highly regarded I thought?

Great, if there's an english version of your review, please link it. What other dacs did you compare it to?

Any new word on this, or reviews/comments? I remember the original Matrix Mini from way back, and it was the sweetest sounding DAC I remember hearing at such a low price. I've been very curious about this DAC.