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Masaru Satoh...

the Long answer... no the Short answer... no

I got the new 'M' version of the Astell & Kern sp3000... it's a more mobile smaller/lighter DAP. the original sp3000 was solid Stainless Steel and extremely heavy and slightly unwieldy to the point where it could literally be used as a weapon... this 'M' DAP is much lighter and physically smaller... made of Aluminum. it has the same specs... Complete separation of digital and analogue signal processing using AKM’s x2 AK4191EQ / x2 AK4499EX x4 The SP3000M achieves a SNR of 130dB High-Performance Qualcomm Snapdragon Octa-Core CPU

75,000$ last night...

Bad Cap's can cause this (depending on type of distortion) because of leakage and out of spec issues...

GREAT 1970's theme...

as with most things... use your ears.

If I had my choice, I wouldn't buy either.

if you have to ask...

Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung

If anyone is looking for a low cost dongle DAC, I just got this Astell&Kern AK HC2 usb DAC. It has wonderful separation and superb pin point imaging. The housing is made from Billet Aluminum and utilizes dual CS43198 chipsets for awesome spatial sound. Supports 4.4mm Balanced Output Powerful 4Vrms Output this unit is a couple of years old and AK has a couple generation newer usb dongles, but this one is highly recommended.

is that really Horology?

this

They sound different... as they should. you'll be happy with either choice, but if you desire 'scale'... you can not beat the Jubilee, there is no replacement for displacement.

and beautiful sounding...

That's more like it.

Host the photo yourself... problem solved.

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you're not listening loud enough to get that rear panel vibrating... and certainly flexing. how do you know your capacitors are not leaking if you haven't measured them electronically?

the pontus II comes standard with i2s does it not?

start with the Speakers... not the electronics/amplification.

Snowflake alert

the move to 12 inches is interesting... when you've got 12", you don't need more.