Are those the Denon 7100's?
I owned the Denon D7000's for about 8 years. The replacement, for the past two years, is what you are looking at; it's the D7200.
What settings are you using on your pro dsd and ican? (tube, tube+, gto, etc...). How much benefit do you get from using the iCan versus listening plugged in directly to the pro iDSD? I'm debating adding the iCan to my iDSD. I think I need it for the Abyss.
Settings guide:
*Almost exclusively Tube.
*Almost always GTO, settings permitting.
* DSD 1024 remastering often, although MQA music and normal Tidal 44.1kHz tracks are probably best played without using this feature -- I should probably leave final judgement to when ifi Audio provides us with the promised firmware; it's also fun to play around and compare.
*Almost always XBass at 40 Hz on my headphones, although it varies a little more on the floor-standing Monitor Audio GS60 speakers I use in the lounge. I should emphasise, the ifi units have brought my home stereo a new lease on life, they are now just delightful; the delivery is quite similar to what it does with to headphones.
*Almost always 3D 60/30+, although I vary this a little on my home stereo, sometimes because the variety is fun, sometimes to improve the soundstage. These features are not toys. They provide meaningful benefit.
*Gain often set to 18dB but it varies. Then I listen to something like Muse - Madness and wonder if that bass response has altered my chemical composition. Songs with a bass response like that on this rig leave you needing a 5 minute breather to take in how remarkable it all was.
I bought the ifi Micro iDSD, then purchased the Pro iDSD a couple of months later and also the day it turned up in Australia. The Micro is a very capable DAC and amp, particularly since it is also somewhat portable. If you asked me it's weaknesses I'd note that some music is just a little too demanding, eg. the realism of a couple of trumpet notes on Michael Jackson - Off The Wall on DSD 128 album, which I love playing. But most of the time it's both enjoyable and highly musical. Enter the Pro iDSD and it's a game changer. The Pro iDSD is much more neutral than the what you might experience from the Micro iDSD. It's also a much more capable DAC. It eats that Michael Jackson album for breakfast (it's an awesome album to demonstrate clarity of sound and DAC capabilities). But its amp really benefits from the Pro iCAN combination. You just can't avoid concluding that in combination the ifi Pro units will wow you with their musicality. In my mind, it's seriously twice as good with the Pro iCAN and while I'd quite happily listen to the Micro iDSD BL on its own, especially if I was listening to Tidal MQA tracks, I've almost never wanted to listen to the Pro iDSD without adding the Pro iCAN, mostly because I know what I'd otherwise be missing.
I do wonder about the Abyss Headphones. I'm very curious about the Abyss Diana's. Take into account that I only intended to buy the Micro iDSD BL, but listening to the iCAN was one of those moments in your life when you realise you just have to have it.
Pictured my rig pre Pro iDSD.
