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My Denafrips Aries 15th has too much mid -bass, anybody else??

Hey guys, so after hearing so many wonderful things about the dinner fripps Dax I purchased in Aries too quickly sold that way too much mid base very thick not to my liking. Had a chance to step up to the Aries 15th as the reviews had it cleaned up a lot of that middle. Unfortunately I found pretty much the same thing maybe a hair better. Ive tried both nos/ os and not much difference so i dont know what else i can do. Is anybody else experiencing this with their systems? I'm a shocked that it have not experienced the system transformation ive heard so much about. I run a Sony hap Z1es and the internal dac sounds much punchier/ cleaner than the 15th. The rest of my modest system is Belles Aria integrated, Vapor Audio Cirrus speakers and Martin Logan 600x. Sub Thanks for your thoughts

barfbag
soix
9,825 posts
 

I think you need to readjust your sub settings/placement.  I’d start with that and/or pulling your speakers further out. 

mikhailark
356 posts
 

Never heard of "dinner fripps", is it dinner with Robert Fripp? Sorry, kidding :-)

Anyway. I generally feel that yes, Denafrips is NOT punchy or bright. It is R2R DAC that tend to sound more ’relaxed’ to my opinion. Perhaps you would prefer DAC based on ESS chip, they are definitely brighter. And Sony is brighter still, IMO.

Denafrips to ESS is like Pass to Krell.

stuartk
3,079 posts
 

@barfbag

It’s very easy to get seduced by reviews and assume that what others swoon over will do the same for you. In fact, this happened to me, recently, with a much more expensive DAC. However, I intentionally purchased it from a seller who offers a return/refund policy. I recommend you do the same. It's difficult to know how any component might sound in your room, in your system, without the opportunity to actually hear it for yourself. 

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