Well a lot has changed since I fully broke in my Pontus. I kept the DAC always powered on and do not use standby. I use Symposium Rollerblocks under the Pontus after I saw someone utilize footers under the DAC. I searched for a streamer and settled on the Stacks Link ii which is USB connected...

I’ve sold my Ares II and have been enjoying the Pontus quite a lot! I have it connected in my secondary system until it’s fully broken in and will post my findings. It’s connected to my Cambridge Audio CXN v2 via a silver Audio Sensibility digital cable and power cord. I use an Uptone ether...

Hi we tested again the CXN verses the CXC. I realized the transport had an inferior power cord. I swapped power cords on the CXC to the same as the one used in the CXN and now the CXC sounds very close to the CXN. The CXN is still slightly better with a tad more clear definition in vocals and...

Ok. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I took a chance and bought the Ether REGEN and thought I would just sell if it didn’t work! I received my unit 8 days ago.and running 7/24 since. I have a Cambridge Audio CXN v2 and was noticing noise in quite passages while streaming from my NAS. I have...

Well this setup stopped meeting the wife acceptance factor so I had to purchase a Cambridge Audio CXN v2 and stream my music from my NAS. I unfortunately had to sell the Mojo to help funds the purchase of the CA. Before the purchased I played around with the Sony PS3 and a Toslink cable but I...

I didn’t Know that you could remove the battery...lol. I will look and see if it’s possible for the REGEN could power the mojo. Thanks for the tip. oh, I was going to buy the Qutest as well but ended up purchasing the Denfrips Ares II.

I really don’t mind the extra cables. I will also move the UpTone ISO REGEN to my main system with the MacBook pro. The mojo is really for my make shift system downstairs when I want to listen to digital music that I don‘t have on CDs. I do plug the mojo charge cable into the MacBook Pro so...

I have had the Chord Mojo for the last 2 years now and use it mostly for my family room system (SimAudio 250i integrated amp and JM Reynard Twins MKii) hooked up to my MacBook Pro running Pure Music. I was using an iFi audio iSilencer3.0 and a Curious USB cable designed specifically for the...

Yes, I believe so. I use Pure Music. I believe Roon would allow you to play DSD but don’t quote me on it..

The the DAC also does DSD. I have a Mac so I’m not familiar with Foobar.

So, today was the day to play around with my 2 DACs. Ares Ii, and Chord Mojo. I’m using a custom silver wire USB cable between Mojo and MacBook Pro running Pure Music and Audio Sensibility copper cable between Mojo and Integrated amp. I’m using a silver wire Audio Sensibility USB cable...

Hi, sorry for the late reply. I have not been able to get access to my friends Chord Qutest. The other DAC I have is a Mojo but I don’t think it’s much value to compare.

I finally had a chance to compare my Ares ii/Cambridge Audio CXC and my Wadia 830 CD player. I used same interconnects, Rollerblocks/super balls3 on Fat pads on stacked MDF platforms and Wadia on rollerblocks/super balls3 on Symposium Ultra platform. I swapped platforms to remove the Ultra...

A description from the USB vendor on the driver: Thesycon’s USB audio class driver TUSBAudio targets USB audio devices for professional and semi-professional use and highest quality audiophile HiFi systems. The driver supports devices which are compliant to the USB Audio 2.0 or USB Audio 1.0...

I never heard the original version but I really like this DAC! I’ve read a Terminator review and they compared to the newer version to the orginal and they stated you can tell the difference between the two. The Ares ii is by no means boring. It’s very musically!