FredA
Headphoneus Supremus
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Maybe it is a little more dynamic...I could not hear huge differences between NOS between the firmwares P2 and P2_DSDCLK
Maybe it is a little more dynamic...I could not hear huge differences between NOS between the firmwares P2 and P2_DSDCLK
I updated my R8. I don't use the USB input any longer, but it did reduce the noise during changes from PCM to DSD and vice versa.My R8HE did not come shipped with the latest Amanero USB Driver update.
Has anyone noticed any benefit after the update?
Is it the same process as updating the firmware?
TotalDac, which is also a NOS Filterless DAC utilizes a FIR filter solely for the purpose of adding gain at the rolloff so the NOS response is flat to 20Khz.
While communicating the USB cable connectivity issue and its resolution with my R8HE, I defined the TotalDac filter to Kingwa and his response was the OS Mode set to 0 is NOS with filter [as Fred had asserted already existed].
The manual describes it as "Mode "0" : class technology NOS mode" which for me is unclear.
Listening to n mode1 option vs. O mode 0, it does appear to be the case - I heard a subtle but definitive sense of treble clarity on the OS mode set to 0 with a slightly better sense of ballooning of the holography.
I'll definately put long term hours on O mode 0 as I like it the best right now.
With OS X8 I experience a more pinpoint delivery of each instrument/voice in the soundstage but less organic and for me not my first choice.
It's as if it draws my analytical side to hone in on the preciseness of the image instead of just feeling the experience.
I also heard very low, unobjectionable static in OS8 in the right channel during very quiet orchestral passages.
This is the most difficult recording for my system to reproduce as their powerful vibratos carry with them an inherent glare and a sense that both the harmonics of their voices don't fully open up and there is a delayed energy to their voices that blurrs the event.
So many vectors to tweek in this hobby....
Official R7 fw released. Kingwa sent me the kit today. Any experience to share? I'm starting now to test it...really nice sound wise on DSD and PCM too. Always preferring NOS anyway. Using Amanero input, with it's last fw update allowing dsd from Linux based streamers, clicks and pops still very strong indeed...I will never understand where is the root cause of it. It's a side problem, but l really would like to fix it...bah!Maybe it is a little more dynamic...
I haven't tried it yet, l really like dsdclk however...Official R7 fw released. Kingwa sent me the kit today. Any experience to share? I'm starting now to test it...really nice sound wise on DSD and PCM too. Always preferring NOS anyway. Using Amanero input, with it's last fw update allowing dsd from Linux based streamers, clicks and pops still very strong indeed...I will never understand where is the root cause of it. It's a side problem, but l really would like to fix it...bah!
The fw you tried is the exact same as the official?I like DSDCLK as well. Everything works very well - OS8, NOS, DSD. Sounds great on my three AGD DACs.
The SU-6 works OK with PCM and DSD on I2S and S/PDIF. DSD did not work very well with Asy3 and the SU-6. Does now!
I haven't heard from Kingwa about Ext. 10M upgrade. My system is sounding so good with DSDCLK I really don't care when it is released!