anyone know what's changed with today's update?
I was just going to prepare myself for same listening - a few recordings arrived today. I hope the installation does not last for long, it just started!
anyone know what's changed with today's update?
I was just going to prepare myself for same listening - a few recordings arrived today. I hope the installation does not last for long, it just started!
Better pour a nice Rioja...about a hour, it's worth it - at least off my NAS/Network input. Haven't tried the Transport yet...
anyone know what's changed with today's update?
Wonder if it has anything to do with the upcoming upgrade for MQA?
Anyone else listen to the network input on your upsampler after the update? To me it sounds like it lowered the noise floor, increasing the palpability and directness along with better positioning in space. I seemed to notice something upsampling from the transport but more elusive if a improvement or me just looking for one
At first I thought the update was a step back sonically, then your thoughts plus some listening and I'm starting to think ur right on....
Hi MF
I'll have a report in a few day. I have a few more variables to try....
I haven't done the update (didn't even know about it). I have a fellow WBF member coming over to listen today. Maybe we'll do a before and after comparison.
It's pretty easy, takes about a hour. I just used the check for updates in the dCS iPad app...I don't think it'll take long to notice the differences...15 seconds or so
Thanks.
Hey Microstrip, what were your thoughts on the update?
Wanted to jump in here before you wasted any more time.
Do you have the upsampler slaved to the DAC's clock using Universal Master Mode (in other words no Vivaldi clock)? If so then this is a regression in 2.02 that is impacting a few users. dCS is aware and it's slated for fix in the next release. No timeline on that yet. Best solution is to roll back to 2.01.
As for the Stream 800 vs 820 cards. There's no meaningful difference between the two aside from what has already been mentioned (WiFi, slightly faster CPU). The 820 was chosen for the bridge based on its WiFi capabilities. The CPU difference doesn't have any sonic impact due to the implementation. There are no plans to implement the 820 card in the Vivaldi or Rossini.
As for the Network Bridge vs ??. Well, I've been testing permutations of that since last summer. The bridge feeding the Vivaldi DAC via dual AES with good cables is quite a bit better than the Rossini (with or without the clock on the Rossini or Vivaldi). Hell, USB into the Vivaldi DAC is quite a bit better than the Rossini over the network. That's not to say that the Rossini isn't awesome in its own right (it really is), but the Vivaldi is simply better. It SHOULD be better considering the price differential! One of my Rossini customers didn't believe me so he tried for himself and now has a Vivaldi and a Network Bridge.
I suspect it is. The tuning with Transparent makes noticeable differences to me. I just ordered a Opus Gen 5 to Magnum Opus for my dac to pre amp interconnect...
Have the Magnum Opus in the system (Vivaldi dac to pre). Only ~2 hours playing time. I'll (try to) reserve much more comment until I get 1-200 hours on them. For now, wow, beats the Opus Gen 5 all around.
Have the Magnum Opus in the system (Vivaldi dac to pre). Only ~2 hours playing time. I'll (try to) reserve much more comment until I get 1-200 hours on them. For now, wow, beats the Opus Gen 5 all around.
Have the Magnum Opus in the system (Vivaldi dac to pre). Only ~2 hours playing time. I'll (try to) reserve much more comment until I get 1-200 hours on them. For now, wow, beats the Opus Gen 5 all around.
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