4.03b3 is excellent. More analogue, sweeter, less sterile than he 3.993 I was using. Better soundstage and more 3d depth as well. 3.993 had fuller sound and better bass with a less rounded and more raw style crunchy detail retrieval. 3.993 is seemingly less colored and perhaps harsher but the analogue coloration of 4.03b3 is beautiful and very convincing. This is my initial opinion. I need more time to evaluate.
4.03b3 sounds more more open and clearer with internal clock. External has better bass and imaging as usual but at the cost of that open clarity.. My experience so far has me concluding that external clock is always better with all the 3. FW's and in all the 4. FW's both external and internal clocks have advantages over each other.
Another surprise is with all the FW's I have found my R7HE on 8x oversample provides more detail but in FW 4.07b3 I find NOS is more detailed while 8X is smoother.
Wow am I confused- but either way- this is a world class price no object transport- very very best I ever heard..
4.03b3 sounds more more open and clearer with internal clock. External has better bass and imaging as usual but at the cost of that open clarity.. My experience so far has me concluding that external clock is always better with all the 3. FW's and in all the 4. FW's both external and internal clocks have advantages over each other.
Another surprise is with all the FW's I have found my R7HE on 8x oversample provides more detail but in FW 4.07b3 I find NOS is more detailed while 8X is smoother.
Wow am I confused- but either way- this is a world class price no object transport- very very best I ever heard..
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