06-Dec-2017, 13:15
First impressions are very favourable. Firstly, everything seems to be working exactly as it did before the upgrade. Ethernet is now showing up as Air and there is a little Ethernet port symbol above the dB lettering on the display, which is there no matter what input is selected. There is an input labelled UPnP,
but to be honest, I haven’t a clue why I would want to use this! Perhaps someone can clue me up! There is more bass extension and definition and a “richness” to the sound. The tom-toms on the Dire Straits track, News from Communique, have a more realistic attack and decay in the reverb.
Soundstage doesn’t seem to have changed, but cymbals and other percussion have a nice crisp attack.
but to be honest, I haven’t a clue why I would want to use this! Perhaps someone can clue me up! There is more bass extension and definition and a “richness” to the sound. The tom-toms on the Dire Straits track, News from Communique, have a more realistic attack and decay in the reverb.
Soundstage doesn’t seem to have changed, but cymbals and other percussion have a nice crisp attack.
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