How did you order (I could not make heads or tails!) from there site?
I got a japanese friend to translate and help me register an account.
How did you order (I could not make heads or tails!) from there site?
Has anyone installed the Asus DSD expansion kit on E1? I looked it at their site and saw that in the kit is included 2pcs of muses02 instead of muses01 opamps. I wonder where they are meant to be installed headphone or LPF section and why did asus choose them over muses01 in dsd kit? That leads me thinking how they would sound if I would place them in my muses editions headphone section?
http://www.asus.com/fi/Essence_HiFi_Audio/Essence_One_DSD_Upgrade_Kit/
What does DSD do, exactly? All it says on the Asus page is that it provides a ridiculously high sampling rate...but anything above 44.1khz is overkill and should provide no improvement at all to sound quality...
About the Essence MK2. Is it basically the same as E1 but with dsd in it? The pcb layout must be little different but is there any major hardware changes?
It's basically the original MUSES Edition without the MUSES01 and with DSD64 EEPROM. Oh I forgot a love badge that say MKII
MKII is Non MKII with DSD64 and gain jumpers, volume pots are A10K like the original MUSES fixing the volume imbalance issue with the headphone.
ASUS Essence One - B10K Volume Pot (Volume imbalance issue), No gain jumper, No MUSES01, No DSD64
ASUS Essence One MUSES Edition - A10K Volume Pot (Fixed Volume imbalance issue), Gain jumper, 6x MUSES01, No DSD64
ASUS Essence One MKII - A10K Volume Pot, Gain jumper, No MUSES01, DSD64 EEPROM
ASUS Essence One MUSES Edition MKII - A10K, Gain jumper, 6x MUSES01, DSD64 EEPROM
I think you should just stop thinking about it and enjoy the music
Where did you place the MUSES? MUSES01 or MUSES02?
I bought E1 muses edition. I will order couple muses and burson opamps (should be perfectly safe) to test how it affects sound when I place them in headphone section.
I'll be very surprised if the Burson opamps doesn't sound sterile and flat. Let us all know the results when you compare the two. I have faith in Asus sound engineer and hope they did their homework by suggesting the MUSES01.
Only the MUSES edition should have the pot with the gain jumpers. If you get a MUSES Edition unit that does not, then it needs to be sent to ASUS for a swap. The pot in the MUSES edition has a different scale to suit use of the gain jumpers. If you buy a standard it will come with the same pots they always have. The pot was never changed for imbalance, it was a change made to accommodate the gain jumpers in the MUSES Edition units only.
Not sure if you're still active, but I sent you a PM since I found out my E1 MUSES is missing the gain jumper and has the wrong pots (B10 instead of A10)
I kept mine (same like the one you have) after trying 2 Muses E1 (which were sent to me to replace the one I had without the gain jumper) I noticed a change in clarity and details in Music.
the one I had, was more musical and enjoyable to listen to, it was almost .
The other 2 replacements sounded less accurate and missing the prat I was getting, so I ended keeping it, FYI.
Just enjoy listing...