I must confess that I brutally installed the newest driver without un-installing the previous, there was no actual instruction about the installation process included in the package. :D

I have installed the latest beta from March 7th. I wasn't expecting anything really new but music seemed more transparent and more details. A friend of mine had problems with the previous beta driver from last year : he had a strange noise at the start of each track playing with Pure Music...

Nothing bad happened in Lux, but uncertainties answering important questions related to the resposibility of the organizers were raised and unaswered, like what will happen if some of the belongings (headphones, amplifier, source, ...) of a member of the association is somehow damaged during the...

I belong to the organisation team, and from what i've read from other members of the team, and Pierre himself, the choice to organise a demo in another room at the same location comes from too much noise in the main rooms. In addition, the show is not exclusively set up by enthusiasts, but...

Pierre is a nice person anyways, I will surely drop by to see him on his stand on the 15th. I really think his room will complement the HCFR show with other cans and amps. Then participants will benefit from this diversity, not the other way round.

Well done ;)

Hi there, HCFR : Home Cinema France is organizing in Paris on March the 15th a meet dedicated to headphones, and headphones only. Details on the event are not known at the moment, only the date. You should follow this thread on HCFR forums or contact me directly by PM if you don't understand...

Nice move. ;) Feel free to share this news with the entire population of this planet, the more the merrier. :cool:

On March the 15th the largest French speaking hifi and home cinema forum is organising an event in Paris dedicated to headphones : http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/evenements-hcfr-live/save-the-date-journee-casques-hcfr-le-samedi-15-mars-t30046544.html :)

The drivers brings some improvement for free, mainly integer mode that wasn't possible with the previous driver. :)

I've tried this driver and it seems to work fine. A very nice improvement from the previous driver : you can use integer mode in Audirvana+ it wasn't allowed before.

I sent another e-mail today to remind Clint that some of us are like stucked without music simply because we are relying on the USB input. I haven't received any answer yet. :(

Thanks for this very nice offer, please send your wire to my bank account 99999.999999.Y in Paris, France. :D Seriously I'm a bit short in funding at the moment, and family comes first. Anyway, since nobody did mention this problem with Mavericks, I wanted to stress that no driver is currently...

That's exactly what I said ;) Only the DAC2 isn't working on MacOS 10.9 Mavericks, the drivers haven't been adapted yet.

A bit of a warning for MacOS and DAC2 USB input users : don't upgrade to Mavericks, although the last MacOS flavour is free, the W4S drivers are not ready yet to handle the talk between the OS and the DAC. I've sent an e-mail to W4S support, and I got this answer from Clint Hartman:

I have a pretty decent system : mac mini with Audirvana+ / W4S DAC2 / Trafomatic Experience Head One / Grado PS1000 In addition, from outside the US, the upgrade process hasn't been specified : who sends what to whom and how long should it take. I think the local distributor is quite busy and...

Many desires and not enough money, well I share the same problem. I've contacted the W4S French distributor to organize some listening of the se for some DAC2 current owners and he hasn't been motivated by the request... I'm really not so confident to put that much money without a listening...

Bank transfer or paypal work as well, no need to scare the little coins in your wallet ! :cool: Anyway, that's the heart of the matter : the upgrade price is quite large, nearly two thirds of the initial price. I'm still looking for more opinions and tests about the DSDse version before jumping...

Clever wallet : run away before being hit ! :D

Because Apple is a cult and you've got to be initiated to belong to the sect :-P More seriously, what you are quoting is not OS related, it is just an application related question. Personnaly I hate so much the general look and feel of windows, I would never to try to use it in audio simply...

In A+ preferences just choose airplay as audio output ;)

The best music player is the one you like ;)

About Fidelia, if you add up its price 19.99$ plus the advanced features at 49$ plus the remote at 9.99$ you get the same service for the same price as Audirvana and with the same features :D don't get fooled by the marketing subtleties ;)

Yes we are insane, but we are in the same asylum : you are insane too in your own way. You probably don't listen to music the way we do, so who's wrong : I'd say everyone or non-one are both valid answers, you don't hear differences when we do. You probably are too focused on technical...

You've just paid its right price, not more, not less. Have a look on amazon fr or uk if you want to check ;)