Aesthetix Pandora DAC

[sonusfaber@]

Thank you very much,but I really don't know how to upload photos.

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by sonusfaber@

Thank you very much,but I really don't know how to upload photos.

Follow these steps:

http://www.audioaficionado.org/gener...d-picture.html

[dcc]

Some Pandora pictures:

[Masterlu]

SonusFaber@... Welcome!

[sonusfaber@]

Thanks for the warm welcome.
For now I did it this way:
http://imageshack.us/a/img838/3594/5zu8.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img593/5299/m3il.jpg

Hi SF, I had more than a passing interest in reading this thread as I recently bought an Aesthetix Romulus cd player myself on a whim, which is basically a Pandora dac with a transport. You considered some very good dacs before settling on the Pandora. I previously owned a modded Ayon CD-5s, so I am very familiar with the Skylla 2 dac. The most important thing to me is how the music sounds, not the bells and whistles. And by all accounts the Pandora sounds natural and musical.

Btw, from experience, Vitus amps sound best with a Vitus pre. In some cases, the improvement can be dramatic. You have the basis for an excellent system. If you're planning future upgrades, my advice would be to put a Vitus preamp at the top of your list.

ps: what is your name?

Cheers,

[sonusfaber@]

Hi. Pandora with VC sounds great direct to the amp and lets me have my system as simple as possible.I got interested in this dac after I read this statement in a review:

And the Romulus—or better, its creators—focused most of all on music's inherent beauty. That's what you get when you decide to drive a power amplifier directly with the Aesthetix. Indeed in my system I preferred the sound of Romulus driving my Soulution direct over using the ultra-minimalist but expensive Ayon Audio Polaris III preamplifier. Ditto for Dan D’Agostino's Momentum Stereo.

You can find it here:
6moons audio reviews: Acesthetix Romulus

With Ayon CD5 I reached better sound using it in bypass mode through Vitus integrated pre.
Pandora also benefited a lot from Acrolink PC-7300 power cord.

Cheers,
Leszek.

[Tomictime]

I think I have the Pandora broken in...at least 300 hours on it using the tube hour counter on the REF 5 SE pre-amp. i did some cable changes about 20 hours ago that I am still working my way thru...(changed out the Acoustic Zens for AudioQuest Niagara)...
Also changed rooms from East Coast to West. Sound is detailed yet relaxed. Much wider soundstange than old room with a bit less depth, which was MASSIVE before. Impressed with the DAC..have asked Aesthetix and dealer when DSD is coming since it is a card based design...no answer forthcoming....

[Tomictime]

Also..interesting but the picture of the Silver Pandora above in previous post does not match layout of my machine..silver unit has an extra vertical PC board between tubes and different caps and metal fins on two tubes.....?????

[PLK]

Originally Posted by Tomictime

Impressed with the DAC..have asked Aesthetix and dealer when DSD is coming since it is a card based design...no answer forthcoming....

There will be Signature/DSD upgrades for Romulus/Pandora owners.

Look a the Aesthetix Romulus ad in the 10/13 issue of Stereophile. - "Now with DSD."