Anyone able to get Roon to recognize higher than 768khz with pontus II USB (both wasapi and asio)?

Anyone have first hand experience of Holo audio may versus ponts II with IRIS II?

Knights of the Sinad. Buy a topping and call it a day.

I would say yesterday was the first day i started to hear the headphones disappear. After some proper burn-in. Just the cleanest, smoothest most amazing music I've ever heard. My journey went from "oh crap, I think I prefer my Arya's" to "ok these sound good, amazing at times depending on the...

I tried that route. I got a chord TToby because it was cheaper than formula s + powerman. Ttoby is really fatiguing to me. The formula s was a significant improvement for me. Maybe ask @Dukei about a price to build a CFA3

That's what I'm doing. I'm not hearing anything coming out of my 1266 at full volume. Currently have an su-9 plugged in via xlr. With a mini PC (a MeLE fanless) feeding the su-9 via USB.

Dead quiet. May have to see what it does with my Aryas

Am I missing something? I don't see anything about where to either have one built or purchase pre-built.

Where can you get a CFA3 if you don't have the tools/time for DIY?

Anyhoo, $22 difference. I'll be upgrading from an SU-9, this should be interesting. I still can't believe the price. Seriously, how is an R2R with these kind of specs at this price range?

should be dead silent. mine is. Probably email abyss asap.

holy crap. So i let the amp and headphones play overnight and all day to get a little more burn-in time, and...good lord. I can't barely believe what i'm hearing. The headphones just disappear. And there is still a lot I can do to improve my setup. DAC, cables, power. and yet still can't...

Thanks! This DAC has been on my wishlist. Just ordered a pontus II, but really want to try this DAC eventually. *Edit* Ohh you're talking about their preamp.

Oh no you're right!! I must have had eu pricing showing? Ack

It's $1709 on Shenzhen. Seeing $2298 on vinshine

Pontus II on black Friday sale on Shenzhen Audio. Sounds like too good a deal to pass up so I grabbed one.

https://www.smsl-audio.com/portal/product/detail/id/750.html SMSL's new R2R DAC. Can't find any reviews of this yet, wondering if there is anyone out there who has it. Looks like a pretty good contender.

I gotta say, this TC + Formula S/PM combo keeps getting better. Bit more burn in time on the FS/PM last night and even the tiny bit of harshness that was there is starting to go away.

Maybe it's just me but the 1266 begs for full attention. You CAN have it clamped on so it doesn't move when you are looking down, but you lose a lot of bass doing that. But then again, your brain can't really focus on multiple things very well, so maybe clamp when working, and open it up when...

This thread is extremely intriguing. Holo May was top of my list for next upgrade. But the musetec is now shooting up the list. I have 1266 tc into a formula s + powerman fed by an SMSL su-9 which is doing a very admirable job. Just a TINY bit on the bright side of my preference, which is why...

Thank you! Great suggestion

LOL OMG. I just tried Amir's Parametric EQ settings in Roon for the 1266. WTAF. He's got something horribly horribly wrong.

^^ What they said. It's true.

I'm a believer. Learned the expensive way, but I may be one of the few people out there that have compared the two directly (believe me, i searched for weeks to find a real comparison review). And the FS+P is only 4 hours old now, not even close to having any burn-in time on it. I spent so...

I'm really starting to subscribe to the idea that the 1266 should just come with the Formula S + Powerman.