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Thank you so much buddy, much appreciated.Yeah, if it works with a Singxer SU-1, it will work with a U16.
Thank you so much buddy, much appreciated.Yeah, if it works with a Singxer SU-1, it will work with a U16.
Thank you bud, will it be a good upgrade in terms of SQ or a side grade? Inputs are welcome before I pull the trigger.The su-1 uses the ps audio i2s convention, which is supported by the u16.
From the f-1, it’s an upgrade and a clear one. Smoother. More resolved as well.Thank you bud, will it be a good upgrade in terms of SQ or a side grade? Inputs are welcome before I pull the trigger.
Go ahead. It is worth to do it.Thank you bud, will it be a good upgrade in terms of SQ or a side grade? Inputs are welcome before I pull the trigger.
The soundstage will vastly improve between 100 and 200 hours and bass will go lower.+1 on the smoother comment (compared to modded SU-1 using Uptone LPS-1)
So far (I have only been listening to the U16 seriously a couple days), I think U16's inner resolution and layering in the midrange bands is amazing, I have already had quite a few moments just shocked on the additional midrange information the U16 can pull out of the recording. Also the U16 bass overall quality seems to be superior to the SU-1.
As of now, with only about 50 hours break-in time, the U16 seems not so "airy" (or maybe described as not so "grainy") in the highs yet.. ultimate soundstage depth and width seems maybe 90% of the SU-1, but I made some software adjustments (changed the AO OS processing filters from 4A to 4D) which expanded the image somewhat. My high-frequency hearing starts dropping off around 12K, so that may be cause for this observation.
I am using the U16 feeding (via i2s - 0.5M Silversonic HDMI cable) an Audio-GD NOS7 DAC (both powered by HE-350). In my case the U16 was definitely an upgrade over the stock SU-1 (w/HE-350). Comparison to a modded SU-1 may be more dependent on personal preference and associated equipment, but if my initial observations are correct, it would be hard for someone to give up the U16 midrange, bass and darker background attributes once they have been experienced.
Thank you sir, will I need to adjust any setting on the Pontus DAC. I am not sure if you can help but it would be much appreciated.Go ahead. It is worth to do it.
Noted sir, thank you very muchThe soundstage will vastly improve between 100 and 200 hours and bass will go lower.
Thank you bud, will it be a good upgrade in terms of SQ or a side grade? Inputs are welcome before I pull the trigger.
Have your Pontus hdmi or RJ45 I2S input socket?Thank you sir, will I need to adjust any setting on the Pontus DAC. I am not sure if you can help but it would be much appreciated.
Looks like I will have one more item for an upcoming sale then. LOL
depending on how golden your ears are and if you like to "tinker around" more than enjoing music
The display of the sample rate is very nice.
The "dip" less change for IIS setup for HDMI as well.
Also ability to output 384khz over coax is pretty nice for upsampling and connection to Hugo2,
additonal toslink output too.
But, so far Gustard has not been able to provided a firmware for the U16, thats entirely works for all outputs and sample rates / bits. Really hope, it only about software not hardware issues.
The SU-1 has no display, dip's to change IIS setup (not a big deal, as not changed often), coax output "limited" to (standard conform) 192khz (except for IIS/HDMI), no toslink. SU-1 has galvanic isolation for USB, not sure about the U16.
But SU-1 simply works reliable and with no bad surprise, for all it's specified!!! Never ever had any problem.
Differences in SQ are very subtle (if any), at least to "SU-1 magna edition" which I use for comparation.
May be, feeding it from Aries (Femto Clocks) incl. upgraded LPS, already provides a pretty good USB signal in comparision to other some sources, which may be benefit from a DDC more.
At least SU-1 and U16 (currently limited to the working sample rates) provides a bit-perfect transport to the DAC (Tested for RME ADI-2 Pro Fs). This even works with a "un-burned out" 10 EUR cordial 75 ohm digital coax cable, as well as with more expensive wireworld or viablue cables, e.g.
When all bits are coming through it's a "solid foundation" and it's depends on your DAC, if he can benfit from a clock signal even more accurate then required, for "just" transfering the bits correctly.
Also the effect of galvanic isolation depend on your other components and how well they e.g. manage HF influences already.
The su-1 magna version costs twice as much! I would go u16 all the way. They will fix the fw at some point.