03-May-2015, 01:20
I noticed - on AES/EBU - a significant difference. Certainly much more so than the last three or four firmware changes. Bass seems weightier, voices generally have more body and there seems to be a reduction in "thin-ness" in the midrange. There is more ease to the general presentation and I'm hearing more definition and "spread" in the soundstage.
Last night's session went for five hours with a friend who had come from listening to a mutual friend's Burmester/MBL 101E Mk 2 system. I didn't mention the firmware change and when I asked if he'd noticed any change he said that he thought I'd changed music servers and that it sounded more natural.
I'll try USB today and ask my partner to change SD cards with different firmwares marked with A or B and see if a difference is still apparent.
Last night's session went for five hours with a friend who had come from listening to a mutual friend's Burmester/MBL 101E Mk 2 system. I didn't mention the firmware change and when I asked if he'd noticed any change he said that he thought I'd changed music servers and that it sounded more natural.
I'll try USB today and ask my partner to change SD cards with different firmwares marked with A or B and see if a difference is still apparent.
Roon Lifetime, HQPlayer with Acourate RC,Devialet 220 Pro,Synology NAS,AcourateNAS, MinimServer,Moon Mind 180 AES/EBU currently w. Canare Cable,W7 PC JRiver 20, AcouratePro, 15' Belkin USB. Linn LP12,Cetech,OL1,Denon 103R,VAF Signature i66 Mk.11,VAF Gravitas SW
