Audio Aero Capitole MK II: Performance & Problems

Ive managed to read CDRs fine on my player. Have you tried different brands of CDRs ?

I know however that you will have less problems with CDRs that have been burned at 1x or 2x.

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Performance : magnificient player, best ive ever owned and heard on demo. Needs its 'short' break in period and then it really pins you to the floor with its realism and musicality.

Problems : i would be lying if my player didnt have any problems. It did. The best way to avoid these is to get the latest software installed, which as sattothestars said is user replaceable and will solve all the small quirks people have been reporting. All Mk II on sale now should have the latest soft upgrade which came out last month, so you dont need to worry about that anymore. My guess is Audio Aero was under pressure to get out the player and rushed the software a little bit. But it is now solved.

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Lall : gone back to France ? Im surprised your dealer couldnt do the software upgrade himself. What kind of problems did you have with it ?

Ive clocked in around 150 hours on mine and its still getting better. I think im close to its peak performance, but still not quite there. Manufacturer told me it should be fully broken in at the 200 hour mark. That currently matches my observations.

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the P3 software and latest EPROM has many features, only two of which i am aware of at this time :

- possibility of choosing between a bar volume display, or a numeric volume display
- Init CD phase no longer exists, the player initialises instantly

Thats all i know for now

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i think the 50 milli-second gap between tracks problem has been fixed with the new chip. When you played a CD where there was no blanks between tracks, the old chip used to put one automatically. From what i understand, this is now gone.....which is a good thing if its true on all discs, and not only sting :)

Just been told from my dealer that there is a new P3 chip for the Audio Aero MkII. Don't know what it does yet, but will keep you posted.

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Lall,

thats all the info i have at the moment on the P3 chip. I didnt read it, my dealer showed me the actual chip because my player is currently been updated to the latest software/EPROM and he just received the new P3 chips from Audio Aero. My guess is that Audio Aero released it last week. You should ask your dealer to enquire about it.

I dont know why they came up with the P3, and i dont know the difference with the P2. All i know is the two functions i listed here earlier, and as my dealer is off this week for holidays, thats all i have at the mo' :)

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