[jamca]

They are much cleaner sounding devices than the Pavane. I ended up preferring the “correct” digital sound they produce. The Pavane was fun but eventually I became frustrated with its lack of precision, oversampling externally or not.

I have compared once Pavane with qutest and Pavane was mile ahead qutest. At first qutest sounded more analytical but it was harsness that made this illusion compared to Pavane. Pavane had much better texture, depth, bass and prat. However I do not know how it does compare with eversolo new dacs or rme ect. Pavane is a beast out of question, but I do not know if it worth the price difference.

 

[lithiumnk]

I have compared once Pavane with qutest and Pavane was mile ahead qutest. At first qutest sounded more analytical but it was harsness that made this illusion compared to Pavane. Pavane had much better texture, depth, bass and prat. However I do not know how it does compare with eversolo new dacs or rme ect. Pavane is a beast out of question, but I do not know if it worth the price difference.

Eversolo a6 is meh imo. It was harsh, thin, pseudo high resolution. Typical of poorly implemented ESS sound. Now they have launched a8.

 

[lithiumnk]

I have compared once Pavane with qutest and Pavane was mile ahead qutest. At first qutest sounded more analytical but it was harsness that made this illusion compared to Pavane. Pavane had much better texture, depth, bass and prat. However I do not know how it does compare with eversolo new dacs or rme ect. Pavane is a beast out of question, but I do not know if it worth the price difference.

I had hugo2 in 2017-18 … then I tried onyx & I was impressed with tone & timbre … pavane was no brainer.

 

[George Hincapie]

I’ve shared your headfi sales link with my friends. I hope someone reaches out to you.

Thank you.

 

[ken6217]

Go on USA Audiomart and list it. Spend $25 to make it a featured AD. You should sell it quickly.

 

[gvl2016]

With proper implementation of ext upsampling the flaws you mentioned are pretty much corrected.
HQP/PGGP upsampling have better results on true NOS dacs imo.

That was what I also reasoned but no amount of external upsampling could bring the clarity out of Pavane comparing to a $100 DAC. It was the OG, perhaps the situation is better with the v3 modules.

 

[gvl2016]

I have compared once Pavane with qutest and Pavane was mile ahead qutest. At first qutest sounded more analytical but it was harsness that made this illusion compared to Pavane. Pavane had much better texture, depth, bass and prat. However I do not know how it does compare with eversolo new dacs or rme ect. Pavane is a beast out of question, but I do not know if it worth the price difference.

The Rme and the eversolo will be similar to the cutest. The harshness is perhaps due to your speakers or headphones being too bright, and you need to EQ it. Rme has built in EQ, very useful for headphones.