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DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more....

Thread for OWNER IMPRESSIONS, FEEDBACK, QUESTIONS, ETC. regarding DENAFRIPS DACs.

DENAFRIPS lists the following R2R DACs:

Ares, Pontus, Venus, and Terminator (in increasing price order).

"DENAFRIPS incorporated in year 2012, focus in developing high end audio equipment at a very affordable price. Throughout the years of intense Research & Development, and continuous improvement of the product lines, DENAFRIPS had finally settled with the current product range equipped with R-2R ladder DAC technology. The reason behind this is the designer strongly believe that R-2R DAC is the best way to reproduce music.

The name, DENAFRIPS, stand for:

D-ynamic
E-xquisite
N-atural
A-ttractive
F-idelity
R-efined
I-ntoxicating
P-ure
S-ophisticated

This mean a lot and it is the house-sound of all DENAFRIPS products." [Copied From Denafrips About Us section]
david_ten
david_ten OP
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Note: a simple FRESH re-seating may be responsible. Similar to what happens with cables, tubes, etc.

For those of you with the original USB / DSP board, I highly recommend doing this. If you do, please share your results. Thanks.
david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
A deep dive into the audio closet, a rediscovered OPPO 105, and a few hours later another test of the Optical Input into the NEW DSP board. Same issues / problems as when fed an Optical Digital signal from the OPPO.

Alvin asked me to check the Coax Input. Since I only have Optical and HDMI ARC on the Samsung, I tested the Coax out from the OPPO and it works fine.

As mentioned earlier, the Optical Input of the Original Board works perfectly.
baps
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I received my new Terminator DSP board today. I've plugged it in and have been listening to it for a short while. Specifically, I'm listening/ watching a movie that I'm very familiar with and use as one of my test tracks. Right out of the box my impressions coincide with what others have stated: greater clarity and focus; in a sense digging deeper into the recording offering greater three dimensionality and relief or separation which in turn is revealing more detail  -- background vocals and sounds are more distinct/audible. Finally with greater separation & focus the dynamic contrast is heightened. 

I'm running a Denon 3910 via a high quality SPDIF/RCA cable (coax) and using the NOS setting. Also, since others have reported issues with the optical input, I have hooked that up as well to test it and it is working fine for me -- no issues -- sounds great as well.    

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philjolet
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Can someone recommend a power cord for the Ares DAC that is below $100? The cheaper the better really.

Just looking for a step up from the one provided as I have read it makes a big difference with this unit.

BTW enjoying the Ares that I got new 3 days ago.

Thanks!

Phil
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