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
@divertiti  The general guidance is that XLR out is the way to go. I used 1M XLR cables. I'm sure many are using SE cables, but if XLR is an option I'd go forward with it. Check with Alvin / Vinshine Audio as well.
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Hello guys,

I've posted some video guides to demonstrate the DENAFRIPS DAC configuration/settings:


I hope the video guides are helpful!

Many thanks.

Yours sincerely,
Alvin Chee
www.vinshineaudio.com
Wanted to find out if anyone else has had any audio drop out issues with the Termy.  I bought one used a couple months back.  I have occassionally had issues with drop out, and it seems to have gotten worse last night when listening to a Fleeetwood Mac playlist from Tidal Masters.  Here's my chain:

Blusound Node 2 (using ethernet, not wifi) > Wireworld Gold Starlight 0.5m Digital Coax cable > Termy > BAT VK33SE > Amp > Revel Salon 2

I mainly stream from Tidal.  I do have some stored files on a HD attached to my Node 2 via USB.

The playlist last night being from Tidal Masters was MQA.  I know Termy doesn't support MQA, but could there be some issue there?  The Node 2 will do the first unfold and send the signal to the Termy.

I will try to do some additional troubleshooting today playing from my stored files, which I have on a drive attached via USB to the Node 2.  Will also try streaming regular Tiday, not Masters.  See if I can narrow down when the drop out is happening.

But in the meantime, curious if any other Termy owners have experienced any audio drop out issues.


I have noticed more dropouts with tidal in the past few weeks. I suspect, with so many people sheltering at home, that their servers are much more heavily loaded than normal. Have you noticed dropouts from local content instead of streaming?