Denafrips Venus 1 vs Venus 2

I agree with the above post. Please call Alvin at Vinshine Audio. please see link below for contact info:

https://www.vinshineaudio.com

https://www.vinshineaudio.com/contact-us

I think the main differences are (but it's worth checking with Alvin):

Improved temperature controlled crystal oscillator. 
Clock outputs to work with Denafrips Digital-to-Digital converters.
Power supply improvements using higher quality filter caps. 

Earlier this year, I upgraded from a Terminator (first gen version) to a Terminator Plus and added the Gaia DDC. Using the Gaia with an i2s connection to the DAC resulted in a very noticeable improvement. 

Even if you are only looking at the DAC right now, having the ability to add a DDC with synchronized clocks gives you a nice upgrade path for the future. 

but seriously -- they have 4-5 dacs in the line, spaced out carefully by price tier

now they roll out ’improved’ versions... i would suspect the improvement are very very marginal

i wouldn’t hesitate to get a used ’dot 1’ version and save a few bucks if one is available

seems like the western world marketing grist windmill turns on the lights in southern china too!

I have looked on the website and it does list the features but it doesn't compare or list the differences from the original Venus.  

please report back and let us know what alvin tells you... 

i have his reply when i asked for what differentiated a pontus v1 vs v2 a few months back... i will let you get his direct answer on the venus version update