Just had my 861 upgraded to v8 status yesterday along with ID41 card and all speakers now EBA enabled. I immediately could tell that there was a substantial improvement over my previous v6 with ID40. There were three noticeable areas affected
1. The soundstage in Direct expanded so much that on some tracks sound could be heard eminating from the rear and this had only been able to be produced previously using Trifield.
2. I had previously experienced a slight element of Bass boominess (MRC notwithstanding) but now this is imperceptible.
3. Before Sooloos I had Spotify played through a Logitech transporter. A Depeche Mode track with heavy bass played at 320kps bitrate sounded good. Before the upgrade the same track played through Napster at 190kps sounded weak and the lack of bass was noticeable. After the upgrade the same track then sounded as good if not better than Spotify previously. Even Lee who performed the upgrade commented on the amount of bass.
So to sum up I am extremely pleased with the upgrade and consider it to have been a most worthwhile cost as the difference it makes is not marginal.
Rod
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