You will need to let it break in for 200 hours; it will be even more unbelievable. I can not reveal what exactly is done in your Denon because it’s confidential, but I believe it is in the league with the best all-solid-state digital units on the market today, cost no object. It was indeed developed with pure analog in mind. It was “voiced” and finalized using A-B test with vinyl.
Here is a summary of the mods in your player (this is something that can be revealed):
Linear Power supply for the DSP (Digital Signal Processing).
Low jitter APL Hi-Fi Master Clock
Various extensive power supply upgrades.
Bypassed certain Digital Processors for pure signal path.
Paralleled DACs.
Re-designed filter stage.
Single ended Class “A” MOSFET output buffer.
Here is a summary of the mods in your player (this is something that can be revealed):
Linear Power supply for the DSP (Digital Signal Processing).
Low jitter APL Hi-Fi Master Clock
Various extensive power supply upgrades.
Bypassed certain Digital Processors for pure signal path.
Paralleled DACs.
Re-designed filter stage.
Single ended Class “A” MOSFET output buffer.