Just wait for the reviews!
We understand and you may postpone until after next well deserved holiday!
Yes, AS8 pro is not yet 1 year in my system and already āout of dateā
Too soon to upgrade, but interesting to see if this one can be used with two SFP+ internally.
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Or quit playing around and get the new NA Tempus when it comes out.
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Good try, but Iām done playing this game. I happened to enjoy what I have now finally. A small increment on SQ, or just a different flavor doesnāt interest me anymore.šš½āāļø
I guess that was a bad sales pitch. Lol
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Not thrilled that this came out right before my SW-10 Pro arrived, but thatās the nature of this game. I should have asked Alvin. He probably wouldnāt say, but that might have been enough to get me to wait a bit. Still the SW-10 Pro sounds quite promising. Iāll give my opinions at 100 hours.
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So my opinions are a bit confounded. I was previously doing some speaker cable experiments that ended up influencing things. For now, Iāll give my initial impressions. If people are interested, I can follow up next week.
The improvements I hear are the bass (which is a weakness in my system), details, and a general improvement in naturalness and removal of harshness. The details are interesting because I notice improvements more in songs that already sound good in my system. In the past, I primarily judged improvements on songs that had sections that sounded bad (so bad that no recording engineer would allow it to leave the studio if it really sounded that way). Not so much for this switch. Instead songs that already were good now sound better. For example, Motherboard on Random Access Memories was musical but a bit busy. Now more of the instruments are resolved in the soundstage.
I also talked to Alvin. He says, in his opinion, the AS-8 Pro+ is more of a lateral move compared to the SW-10 Pro. He also said the AS-8 Pro+ is the same size as the SW-10 Pro because the large size of the SW-10 Pro is a bit of a problem for me. My gut instinct is the AS-8 Pro+ is probably a bit of an upgrade. I really should have paid more attention to the model numbers and marketing. I assumed, since 8<10, that the 10 was the top product, but the SW vs AS and the Vinshine collaboration make things more complex.
Overall Iām happy with the upgrade. Itās not transformative, but a nice upgrade. Iām currently conditioning my $25 fuse. Based on my experience, I think that will be significant. My systemās main components are Goldenear Triton 1R speakers, Anthem AVM90 preamp, Auralic aries g1.1 streamer, and Schiit wotan amp.
Funny side note, when I originally reached out to Vinshine about getting a SW-6 to improve streaming on my system, which mostly sounded horrible, he asked about my system. His main response was to ask if I could replace my speakers and amp (NAD 399). Well at least I replaced the amp.
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AS-8+, SW-10, and SW-10 Pro are all at the same size. Good to know Alvinās opinion that AS-8 Pro+ is a lateral move from SW-10 Pro. You mentioned fuse and I remember I have a AM M-2 fuse in the switch. I put it in before SW-10 Pro was fully broken in, and I may try a different fuse to see if there is advantage of audiophile fuses.
I also heard improvement on bass, and cleaner sound was what I like the most from SW-10 Pro.
Changing out the internal SFP in the audioside will give extra refinement, finisar 1475BCV
Agreed. It did help.