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
Thanks for the new year wishes!

One of the perks of being a business owner is .... there is no such thing as time off.
:)

Danasam, I have a Pontus. Did you ever consider buying an Iris or Gaia to use with it or do you think it would not be needed? I just wondered because you would be able to use the i2s connections. Thank you.
I live in Toronto Canada. 
Here is my Journey to the Terminator II. .
I boght the Denaflips Ares II first. Wow ! sounded very good. I sold it 3 months later and bought the Venus II .. wow ! Wow ! It sounded better :) around 5 months later i sold it and bought the Terminator II ...and I just love it ...

The Terminator II is an amazing DAC.. it sounds extremely linear. I hear somethings that I had never heard before especially from the low frequency. .. the soundstage is huge and holographic with very good image and details. .even when I listen at very low volumn at late night, I can still hear everything I just mentioned above. ..
I bought my Terminator II from Singapore, from vinshine Audio, and Alvin is the distributor. He is a very honest, straightforward  and very fast in response to any of my questions .
Happy listening !!!
Henry
Hey guys,

The latest licensed Thesycon Driver (For Windows PC) v5.12.0 is available to download here: link.

https://www.denafrips.com/support
 
TUSBAudio - Thesycon USB Audio 2.0 Class Driver for Windows

Revision History: 
http://www.thesycon.de/usbaudio/TUSBAudio_history.txt
I ordered the Pontus II a few days ago.  I really like my current DAC, the Border Patrol SEi.  I just got curious after years with the BP.  I'm trying not to bring any bias to my evaluation of the Pontus but I'll be surprised if I prefer it to my BP.  The BP has a warm, organic quality that I really like. Plus, Gary Dews of BP provides great customer support.  I hesitated to make the purchase once I realized I couldn't return it.  If it doesn't work out I'm hoping I'll be able to sell it.  But I'll certainly give it a fair chance.