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When my M-DAC (v L2 Toy, etc.) packed up a couple of years ago, I bought something similar to a Topping, a Loxjie D40. It was fine but classical violin music did seem even glassier than the MDAC, and so I largely remained listening to cello- and viola-emphasised classical music, exactly as I...

I updated my Pontus II to v1.4 as soon as it was released and have not yet reverted to v1.0. I think it's possible that a degree of 'thickness', or body has been lost in favour of smoothness and greater refinement, which for my pesky solo violin music is a marginal downside, but this has not...

To my 50+ ears, it's the palpability of a violin's strings that the original firmware reproduced so fully, engagingly and with no shrillness.

I've just tried to roll back to the original firmware, but on both my Macs I get this error msg.: ls: *.fmw: No such file or directory ls: *.fmc: No such file or directory ls: *.cfg: No such file or directory Start updating firmware / / /Users/so20/Desktop/Update_FPGA_USB.sh: line 7: ./xprogmac...

Thanks for sharing that post, Yank. My FPGA chip is EP4CE6F, so not the same, although the perception of more energetic treble certainly is, and is not going away with the "burn-in". I'll contact Alvin about my chip, and see if I get a reply. Later: having now visited the Steve Hoffman board, I...

Yes, I use NOS (after the upgrade, you need to reselect it). Skips I don't know about.

Having initially said I could discern no difference, I am increasingly sure that the sound in the upper frequencies is glassier. Is it my imagination, or are the solo violin pieces I've been enjoying since owning this Dac now sharper and shriller, delta-sigma like? I'm hoping the recommended...

Upgrade (Mac) went smoothly. I can't say I can discern any difference, which might be as well. But I'll keep an open mind. I've had the Pontus since October and I now actively seek out violin music, whereas with the MDAC and then the Loxjie it was cello. The Pontus reaches parts others haven't...

Mine died ("no comms") 2 months ago. A Loxjie D40 replaced it. Subjectively, at least, it was at first noticeably brighter on violin music than the MDAC, which was a L2 Toy version, and I thought it would have to go back. But after talking to the very helpful and totally un-grasping owner of...

FYI a couple of recent/recent-ish PFM threads: https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/meridian-557-good-enough.243961/ https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/meridian-556-v-557-thoughts.256776/ My 557 into Harbeth C7s sounds pretty good to me.

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Detox development fee: £50 (28/08/2015) MDAC2, L2 development fee (Toy/Fusion instalment): £100 (09/03/2015)

Detox development fee: £50 (28/08/2015) MDAC2, L2 development fee (Toy/Fusion instalment): £100 (09/03/2015)

Thank you, John, for taking the time to explain where you are with the project. It's much appreciated.

Also fine by me.