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Differences between the D20 MK1 and D20 MK2

Monday, May 4th, 2026 |

As it was a running change to the basic D20 platform, swapping out the transport and DAC chipset, there is no obvious designation on the components themselves, with the only way to identification being that the “digital out” text is on the left side of the connector for MK1 and on the right side of connector for MK2.