Jcat launches the new, 'Femto' USB card

[Franatic]

Hi Elberoth,

I'm looking forward to your impressions. Hurry up so I can take advantage of their 50 euro September discount!

Thanks much

[Franatic]

I didn't see the €50 discount on the site. Is this off the €422 "sticker price"?

 

 

It seems the 50 Euro discount is for Jplay owners only. You should get Jplay anyway.......then you can get the discount.

[Franatic]

Just posted this on the Uptone LPS 1-2 thread, thought it might be good to repost here:

 

A few days ago I added the LPS1-2 to a PPA V4 usb card on the audio pc of my 2 pc streamer. It replaced a Teradak + iFi DC iPurifier setup I had feeding it. This supply combo already sounded good but I wanted to play around and add the LPS-1.2 to different points in my system ( love the selectable versatility).

 

Result: I'm very impressed with the improvement. As others have stated, the bass end is most impacted, more focused and controlled. However, the improvement affects all aspects of the sound profile. More texture, more detail and improved imaging. Just seems to get higher definition from the PPA V4 card. Great job Uptone.

 

It makes me wonder how much improvement I'd get from changing from the PPA v4 usb card to the JCAT Femto usb card.

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Would welcome feedback from anyone who has compared the 2 cards.........Thanks

[Franatic]

 

33 minutes ago, TubeMan said:

Can confirm that this Firmware works excellent on PPA USB V3/4 Card ,
With great result
both are based on NEC/RENESAS uPD720201 chip

But everyone flash on ther on risk !!

Wow that is cool..........I wonder if it would work on a PPA V2 card.

[Franatic]

Thanks, guys. I will try it this weekend!

[Franatic]

I have the JCAT Femto USB card in my Audio PC to output music. I use a PPA V2 to input music drives on my control PC. It will be interesting to see if it makes a difference in SQ.