Ultimately, I had to return my VP because of dropouts. New firmware didn't fix the problem. Random dropouts with SACD, converted to PCM 24/176, and blu ray audio. My Berkeley Alpha DAC 3 also had problems with its precision clocking locking with the VP. I went back to my GeerFab and everything works fine. All I can figure is there is an incompatible issue with the VP/Berkeley combo.I received my unit on Thursday and have been using it the last couple days. It has the latest firmware and the multichannel XLR output board. So far I haven’t experienced the dropout issues reported by others with the previous version of the firmware.
My setup is described briefly below.
Blu-ray player {configured to output LPCM and for SACDs, DSD} >> VanityPro >> Okto DAC8 Pro
In my listening tests so far I’ve had the VanityPro configured to convert DSD to PCM with 176.4 KHz output sample rate and using the Slow HB filter.
An earlier post asked about HDCP. The GeerFab is and will accept Dolby True/DTS-MA via bitstream from my Oppo. The VP will not, you have to convert them to LPCM. I suspect that means the VP isn't HDCP compliant.