Once Sunlight is released, post your impressions of the sound here.

After SACD AJA, CD CRIME OF THE CENTURY, I hear what some are calling brightness as more prominence. There seems to be better dynamics (lack of interfering noise?) and everything is clearer, cleaner. Especially on AJA it was really impressive! It can be better than this? DACII, TSS…? Wow.

Wonder how many who recently sold their DSD Dac’s are regretting doing so before listening to the improvements Sunshine has brought to this Dac? If for no other reason than just curiosity.

There does seem to be a little more prominence in the top end, which depending on the recording can draw more attention to itself. But as with other firmware updates, they seem to need a certain amount of time to settle in before reaching their peak performance. There’s also the possibility that so…

I may end up doing that, but I’m going to wait and see what the DSD II brings to the table, and what the final price will be after trade in.

I am curious. I guess that is why I am reading this thread. If the original release date had been met I would have got a taste for a couple days. Oh Well you all enjoy!

Awesome system! So glad to hear from another Carpenters fan! For me, it’s Goodbye to Love. Her voice on that song is perfect. The cymbal hits are so clean, and that overdriven guitar solo at the is idiosyncratically delicious.

It took me two tries to upload the FW. The first impression was smoother and cleaner sound. After I have it on for over an hour, and I think the DS is sounding better than earlier. I did not have any popping sound issue between my PST and DS. Everything works fine. What I found is not only I can pl…

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waymanchen11 May 4, 2021, 1:17am 103

You can replace the two output transformers with better quality EDCOR-XS4400.
Actually this upgrade is even bigger than any firmware upgrade since it is hardware.
Check out this thread.
Modding the DirectStream DAC

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