That’s great to hear on the sound improvements. I have the same Innuos music server but I haven’t been able to listen to it yet because I’m waiting on my board to be returned with the Edcor upgrade. I also picked up a P3 as I dropped off the board. So I have major changes happening to my system and have not been able to hear any of it. 
Same set-up with Phoenix Reclocker and WireWorld Platinum 7 USB cables. Just updated to OS 2.04. Did not have much time for critical listening yesterday, but initial impression is a sonic improvement across the entire frequency range. Possibly a little less fuzzy sounding, and certainly opened up to a further degree in the upper frequencies and bass. Improved in a good way. Just finished a PSA DSD Sunlight upload and burn in as well. The combination is very good. Edcor XS 4400 in hand and am holding off on any upgrade for the moment. I understand from a friend that InnuOS will be releasing and update OS 2.05. Unfortunately he had no details for me to share with you.
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Wow!
There are a quite bit of posts here.
Lots to catch up on here.
Just got around to installing Sunlight.
To say the least,
I am quite impressed and pleased.
More air, wider sound stage.
More natural decay from instruments.and voices.
Thank you very much PS Audio!
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It’s astonishingly good and really does get better and better with use.
Glad you’re enjoying it! Ted really hit it out of the park with this one!
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Yes,
Ted really did an incredible job with this.
Looks like it also improves over time.
Just like fine Red wine.
I do not doubt this.
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Sunlight and the Edcor 4400 mod does not disappoint! Best sound I’ve heard in my system!
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I never thought, I would write that: If digital would have sounded like my DMP/BridgeII/DS combo from day one, I hardly would have started to build up my very big vinyl collection. Or to put it another way: Since “Sunlight” I almost(!) never had this “strong desire” to put a record on the TT because of “sound quality” or for comparison. It’s all about music, more than ever, and most of the time the sound is more than “good enough” (very often amazing) to enjoy the content without the usual disturbing artifacts. My 10.000€ TT still sounds pretty good, but now it’s really a contest, depending on my moods and of course masterings. It was a long way to go, but at least with 63 I’m a happy guy now, living in both worlds…
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Although my vinyl rig sounds great and overall on par enjoyment-wise to the best my digital provides, I can listen to my digital with out having to get up out of my seat and either flip the album or put it back into it’s sleeve. I’m 70, and mobility is getting worse continually do to arthritis and neuromyopathy. And sometimes it takes 3-4 tries to get up. But, my ears still work well and I got tons of great music to listen to, so I’m a happy camper.
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Vinyl can indeed be wonderful. But, a great digital setup along with taking the time to find the best digital masterings results in sound that makes the rituals and costs of vinyl just too much of a bother.
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I am 65 so I fully understand your comment. We bought my 90 year old father inlaw a special recliner that actually pitches the seated person forward while lowering the front. He thought it made getting up easier and more enjoyable. I was pleased to learn such options exist.
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For example, the song “A Groovy Kind of Love” by Jheena Lodwick, the drums in this song sound like beat the plastic tub. 
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That doesn’t sound like a warm endorsement. 
And I can’t find that version on either Quobuz or Tidal, so I can’t even give it a listen.
I’ve been preaching that for years. Many have come to the “Dark Side” of Digital though for the same reason you stated.
I love my TT. I paid more for the cartridge than the TT. All in, my analog and digital systems cost roughly the same. But my analog only occasionally sounds better than my PST/DSD digital combo.
There are so many more variables with analog that “vinyl sounds better” just is not guaranteed.
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I resemble those remarks, sir.
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Ted, is this effect limited to recordings with a high general level (also quiet passages) or can also dynamic peaks of a low leveled recording hit the mark where the DS switches to Huron code for bass?
After volume is applied to the output there’s a filtered peak detector (sort of like a peak meter.) If that gets too high it switches to the Huron code for the SDM. That filter decays slowly enough that it doesn’t add artifacts to the output but is pretty fast compared to music. I.e. the filter adds enough hysteresis to keep the detector from “chattering.”
Provisionally, this is absent from the DS Mk II and the TSS code.
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Very clever.