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The fantastic service I received from Lance Dixon in delivering and setting up my Claro 6.2s

I like the CD overall. Some really good stuff in there. The specific track (Playing in the fields) is not my cup of tea. I will skip it 99% of the time.

Welcome Emile, You are getting into this at a nice young age.

Places I have bought PI's from before. Rs-components, PiShop, Robofactory.

^^^ I honestly believe/know that there are many streamers and music servers that will be much, much better than the Zen. I have found no compelling evidence in your writings that I should spend time with a Lindemann in my search for an upgrade from my Zen and I need to thank you for that.

My Pontus II arrived this morning. The service from Vinshine Audio is just amazing. Unfortunately I'm at the back end of Covid and still have a few days of quarantine before I will be able to connect it up. Hopefully will be able to compare this to the Holo Spring 3 KTE in the new year to make a...

^^^The ideal steamer for the Pontus or better will have an I2S output in addition to Coax, AES and USB. This is neither the Zen nor the Lindemann. I am still waiting for a good reason, other than good authority, to consider the Lindemann irrespective of price or USB.

100% agree

It appears to be double the price. Just scanning through the specs it is hard to find any advantages over the Zen. It also appears to lack USB output. Could you ask your source to provide some details? I don't believe the Zen will be my last streamer but for now it appears to be very good for...

Busy putting mine together. 1. Predator in place 2. Sonor Claro 6.2s ordered 3. Pontus II almost here. This may still be upgraded next year 4. IFI Zen stream in place. This may still be upgraded next year. 5. Clear Audio Emotion in place. Phono stage will be upgraded to VA Whisper soon 6. Roon...

Sean we can compare if you want to?

I received mine this morning. 1. Plugged it into my network (not wifi) 2. Connected it with USB to my ARES II dac. 3. Powered it on. It was immediately visible to Roon as an endpoint. I enabled it and from there I went to http://ifi.local and updated to latest firmware. Under sources I turned...

Exciting news!! The latest version of the USB driver 3.12 has fixed this problem for me. https://www.denafrips.com/firmware-update-usb From their website V3.12.0 - Date 29th Nov 2021 - Compatible with macOS / winOS / Linux  - Improved low level STM MCU32 USB handshake with host - Supports...

Sean this one is a 16 liter.

My opinion. Batteries are very expensive and prices are coming down. My battery has dropped by R12K in less than a year. Make sure your batteries cover you during worst case loadshedding at night. Loadshedding during the day is a non issue if your solar installation is done right. Even on an...