... yeah... but... what IF 1.4 would be IT for your system?! No FOMO?
System synergy ! ! ! The utmost importance.
If you flash a new firmware successfully, you can also go back - no need to wait 20 years.
I have to buy them from Kimber Kable because My friend is still using them after 20 years and to connect his BAT Rex power amp to Avalon speakers and sounded like a true reference system. That truly woke me up and found my way back.
And if your system loves FW 1.0, then don't change it even if someone tells you that there is better one out there.
My 2 cents. There are so many mistakes in the audiophile life. Mine has been believing from the beginning of the “era”(last century) in the promises of digital. Try everything, buy the least worst, to my ears. Impossible to compete with analog, my final thougt ( Imho of course). I threw it in the towel many years ago. But time passes, progress advances, technology as well and curiosity remains. The impressions on my P2/12, purchased in April 2023 (with factory SW V.3.12, I shared in the post 560 on page 38). I still have the curiosity to try the original 2020 SW, that is talked about so well here. When I asked Vinshine they advised me not to look back and to try the May 15th V.4 (they linked me to this one and only this one) which I haven't used yet. Maybe in a few months. In my experience there may be differences in nuances, but I'm more interested in getting used to the sound of the ladder, and it's not so immediate. Interesting nonetheless.I have to buy them from Kimber Kable because My friend is still using them after 20 years and to connect his BAT Rex power amp to Avalon speakers and sounded like a true reference system. That truly woke me up and found my way back.
My system loves PII with the FW 1.3.
I am also got the 2020 T+ and Gaia, but unable to get clock sync to work . How did you do it ? In my T + I set clock out with "opt" option , so 45/49 and in Gaia when I turn on clock in music stops . I connected both via i2s A with tubulus argentus HDMI and tried different pinouts in T+ but nothing worked out the clock sync issue.
I also have 2020 T+ and 2020 Gaia and my issue is with the I2S pinout with 3.7 firmware. Can never find the right I2S pinout to work with DSD and non-DSD files. The clock sync I have no issues with. Loaded the 3.6 firmware and all issues gone. Very strange.
Everything worked fine for me following the instructions from the manual. OPT uses the highest clock frequencies and I2S-A disables it and shuts off the Clock Out LED.
DSD above DSD64 has never worked for me with I2S. Too much noise.
Glad it worked out for you. I guess you tried both PCM and DSD? Like some others experienced I just could not get the DDC-I2S and updated T-Plus play both PCM and DSD without noise (it could be configured to play one of the two correctly, not both).
Correct. Years ago, PCM would work with the default pinout mode, but not DSD higher than 64fs. Changing the pinout mode would allow DSD to work, but not PCM. Then later on, none of the pinout modes would work for high-bitrate DSD. This issue is believed to be caused by the Gaia DDC. Denafrips was working on a firmware update for mine years ago, but apparently forgot about it. I asked them on the status of it when the DAC firmware updates were announced, but got no response. Direct connection to the DAC via USB works fine, of course.
