Thanks! I love to poke around! 😀

Can you provide a link to VnM? I have done some searches and am coming up empty. THANKS!

Hey….Looks like a traffic jam in Downtown Manhattan! :scream: (One actually will be paying an extra fee to experience that in the near future.). I am totally LOST with the mods you are doing. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I am not an electronics engineer…(you obviously are)… I am just an adventuresome handyman…who...

Thanks….Yeah…I have the firmware…I need the instructions …👍🏼

Hey…you guys have piqued my curiosity about FINALLY trying v.1.4. I downloaded it for my FPGA when it first came out, but never installed it after being jaded b v. 1.3……so I have that file on my hard drive…but I just clicked on the old link that I have for the installation instructions and got a...

For my tastes..(all gain side) I arrived at NOS GTBs....Just Tried RCA GTBs, found them too bright on the top end "for me" ...I also regetably recently bought a pair or Grant Fidelity Treasure Globes...and even after 200hrs. of burn-in..they were too bright on the top end. as well "for...

Thanks for that….NICE headphones! (Still cruising along with my vintage Audeze LCD-2s). My Pontus is on my speaker system…but I can see that I will have to try the v1.4 firmware sometime in the near future to see what I think…I am still suffering "buyers remorse" from installing v. 1.3! 😀

Thanks for your detailed description. Nice perspective. Are you using your Pontus with a headphone set-up?

You seem to have a LOT of experience soldering…I understand some of of what you are talking about and some, not…. So…right now you have some temporary caps in place? You are having the same new sound perceptions that I was after my mod. The other thing that must be in this conversation is...

OH…..so THAT is why they have different temperature/watt soldering irons and variable irons! 🤷🏻‍♂️ I did not know that….i cant believe how clean your removals look. NICE WORK! I had residual solder in my holes after removing the old caps… I read up on solder wicking etc. and it looked too...

That looks like a beautiful and very compact CD player. Sounds like you are happy with it.. I bought mine at a very good price when I was first building this system. One of the reasons I bought it was that it had a Streamer (HEOS the Marantz Proprietary Streaming Software which is quite simple...

(You mean Translucent Glass Panel! LOL!) I can't get away with ANYTHING!...LOL!...Yes...Marantz SACD 30n...It is fun to look at and a pleasure to use...... I am thinking of picking up a used Venus or an LAiV Harmony to step up from the Pontus...sometime this year...But I have no complaints about...

It’s a push-button retractable screen that I designed an built. I think it cuts down on some of the secondary reflections….but I built it so that I don’t have that GIANT black hole in my living space, visually.

DUUUUUUUUUDE! (I am an old surfer Dude…so please forgive me) ..you are making me work here!! 300mm = nearly 12"!!! Nice…i bet getting them from your Uncle makes the sound even BETTER! 👍🏼 Edit: I added a snapshot.

Whoa….nice set-up….I looked up your speakers, looked briefly for specs and found none..how big are those woofers….they look impressive! I have a pair of DynAudio Contour 20s and two REL T/5x subs. Interesting that you want the 1.0 Firmware…also..you have that reflective surface of the floor and...

Yah….THANKS for the info…Context is sooooo important when talking about gear…WOW! look a you with the vintage Yamaha Speakers…(I had to look them up!) So much affects the sound: the room, your ears, your sound preference…etc…. I have a LOT of stuff in my chain with the pontus…and I think that I...

Yeah…I “thought” I could solder…but I had never dealt with printed circuit boards before. I had the biggest issue removing the old components.. The capacitors went fine..tedious but OK…but on my 1st resistor removal I tore the circuit off the board when I tried to remove the old resistor GULP...

OH….please… keep us posted! What is your total system for the Pontus 2? I switched mine on the first iteration of The Firmware. BAD for me! BAD…😀…(did I get my point across:-))…also.."for me" burn-in was utter nonsense. …I wasted a LOT of time on that …but I understand that the company was...

WOW…you sound very knowledgeable and ambitious. Also, it seems that when you want to void your warranty, you go after it with GUSTO! 😀…. I ponied up the cash for these caps https://www.v-cap.com/odam-capacitors.php They are a bit extravagant, but because of the way they are designed they are...

Are you doing separate capacitors or going with on big one? I did this but followed someone's instructions…I am a novice at such things.

I took that shot when I first bought The DAC and The Amp…right now it’s sitting under my secondary monitor and in-use…so a photo of the back would be a hassel…and from what Project86 is saying a photo of the back most likely would not buy you any thing…it is surprising that a company would not...

I can't help you with that…..I can tell you that I was the original purchaser of the 24/96 version (Audeze LCD-2 Originals) and my system still sounds fantastic "to me"! 😀

Hi..sorry for posting this blank 🫣…I think on the Freya+ thread on this website I posted info and photos…I can repost that here by sometime 2moro. I like to be helpful…and I would be very willing to talk to you on the phone about the overview of the process, as it would mitigate some of the...

Thanks for your comparison. I am a McIntosh Fan. I use a Loki MAX and supercharged Freya+ (I replaced all the caps and resistors in the tube circuit), to drive my McIntosh MC152 power Amp. With the right tubes in my Freya+ I am very happy with the sound….but admittedly have not compared it to...

COOL…That's my experience. Sounsds like you have all good info. Let us know when your tube swapping addiction starts! 😀 😀😀