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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
 
Video Review of the Denafrips Terminator DAC by Steve Guttenberg / Audiophiliac Daily Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsgCMjEMe6c


rdoc
95 posts
 
Very high praise indeed.  The Terminator make a great pairing with my Musica Pristina A Capella server via HDMI with I2S.  
david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
@rdoc   Yes, it's a solid, slam-dunk recommendation! Also, good to hear Steve compare the Terminator and Yggdrasil.
david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
Also note Steve Guttenberg's comments on the two "DSP" boards. It was great to hear his take on the two boards and his preference for the original board. 

My take on the two DSP boards and why one may prefer the first DSP board... is re-linked here:

https://dsp-board-denafrips.blogspot.com/

david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
How can I elevate the performance of the Terminator DAC? Power Cable. Try some.

I'm evaluating a single cable, that I will not name at this time, to the Terminator. WOW.
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