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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
5,480 posts
 
Jay Luong of Audio Bacon has posted updates (including I2S) to his Terminator review, therefore, I am reposting the link.

A really strong comparative review vs. some other terrific DACs.

https://audiobacon.net/2019/02/28/denafrips-terminator-review/
david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
FYI: New DSP Board Upgrade Available (almost):

https://www.denafrips.com/single-post/2019/05/31/DSD1024-PCM1536---Are-you-ready?utm_campaign=172bce72-fe20-49ed-aced-396d8b014862&utm_source=so
divertiti
225 posts
 
That's really interesting, I wonder besides the higher sample rates, if there are noticeable sonic improvements for red book streaming.
david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
Ares DAC review by Steve Guttenberg published on CNET today:

https://www.cnet.com/news/this-digital-converter-sounds-so-good-it-might-convert-lp-loving-audiophiles/#ftag=rss.audiophiliac.ftag

bstatmeister
537 posts
 
Anyone compared an Audio-GD R2R11 with the Denafrips Ares? Interested in comparisons with these 2 companies in general, as well.
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