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I bought the new Denafrips terminator mk2 dac help and ? On connections

Hello the New Denafrips Terminator-2 is almost identical to the plus the plus maybe a few %  better,  very happy with it and I have owned many good dacs.

i would appreciate any assistance. Many hook up in back , my plan to buy their Hermes DCC from server usb to Hermes then hdmi I2S to the terminator 2

then I have to do some reading the terminator has very high specked over controlled 45,and 49 MHz clocks . The Hermes DCC has over controlled dual clocks also just not as high specked, my question is ,there are 2 bnc  on  back of both units 45 MHz, and 49 MHz what are they for and would I have any use for them , anyone that has technical digital computing experience it would be a plus just trying to extract everything I can out of it , Thanks much.

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bergerbelge57
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I recently purchased a pre-owned Denafrips Gaia DDC to pair with my Denafrips Pontus II DAC. However, I am unclear regarding how to pair the Gaia clock to the DAC with my BNC cables; the Gaia outputs two (2) BNC clock connections, whereas the Pontus II has a single (1) BNC input ('Coaxial 2' - CO2). Any and all help with this question is most welcome, as I am new to DDC/DAC pairing issues.

Main System:

Belles 28A/Belles 150A reference/Audiolab 6000 CDT/Denafrips Pontus II/Denafrips Gaia/Kimber Kable 8TC/Kimber Kable KCAG, AGDL & Hero/Kimber PowerKords

 

calieng
144 posts
 

One thing to consider with all this equipment is how resolving are the speakers and amplifier?

I went from a Lumin U1 Mini and Pontus II to a Lumin U1 with LPS and Venus II.

I had to really strain my ears to hear that the soundstage seemed slightly wider. And I think mainly due to the LPS being added to the system.

My system at the time was driving Luxman 550AXII to Dynaudio Contour 30. (I now have Icon Audio tube amp and Klipsch Forte IV - more fun sound).

Another thing I am scratching my head about it that the Raspberry Pi 4 with Ropiee I built (with LPS) for a second headphone system into Denafrips Aries 12th sounds much better than Bluesound Node, ifi zen Stream, Musical Fidelity Stream into that DAC or the Gustard A26....how can cheep and simple sound better???

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audioman58 OP
4,182 posts
 

You hookup to a good hdmi  like the $250 Wire world I2S cable 

very easy  and best sound  method. 

bergerbelge57
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I neglected, in my prior post, to list my speaker setup...Buchardt S400 MkII on Target MR stands....

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