Thanks Krell1967 :thumbsup: Hope to hear a bit of the sonic descriptions also............. :ear: Here`s my Terminator trilogy:

What player do you use? I have no issues with Win7 So I can only say ......

Alvin, Can you please ask the designers of Ares is it good if I hold it completely "on" all the time? Or maybe it is better to put it on "standby" for some time, when I know that I don`t listen?

Super well said! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: I agree with everything, despite (in my system) I`d call the tonality more velvety than "liquid". :ksc75smile:

:cocktail::cocktail::cocktail::cocktail::cocktail:Instead of drinking in Chinese restaurants, could write a few lines about how your new Terminator sounds? Based on spec I believe that another real step up from Ares may come with Venus or Terminator.....:beers:

You are absolutely right, analog output stage makes a huge part of a dac´s sound. But sadly it seems a secret in Denafrips. Maybe Alvin1118 can shed some light on this?:angel: I can`t comment on Shiit, Teac or Aune, but I highly doubt that Ares or Ponutus will be inferior. If you take the time...

Soundsgoodtome, Thanks for the nice review! :beerchug: As I understand the comparsion was only via headphones, using computer as a source (no dedicated disc spinner via S/PDIF)? Where the levels matched? What are the output voltages of Spring? I can`t find any spec online.:eyeglasses:

WhiskeyJacks, Thanks for a nice overview!:thumbsup: It would be interesting to hear the impressions from a lucky Terminator owners also. I hope that Krell1967, PitBul34 and other Terminators can share their feelings a bit............

No worries! Format C: and it`s new again. :=)) :lemon:

If it`s some strolling fault with random hangs and crashes it is probably related to the computer. Maybe some updates or other automatic scheduled priority processes are causing the trouble. Maybe firewall etc. I have no experience with Mac but Foobar2000 on my Win7 laptop was working stable via...

Thanks! :thumbsup: Can you please specify what setup are you using? Headphones or speakers, did your pre and other setup allowed a fair A/B? :muscle: Funny new smiles....:=))

One more note I wanted to add.... :point_up_2: The differences may not be so evident if you don`t do the A/B comparison via remote from your sweetspot. Some components are almost impossible to A/B this way, so the ony other way is to live/listen to something in your system for a long period and...

Yep, We must all consider that everything is taste, system, room matching components, etc. etc. ....... dependent. The more different components and links in signal path, the higher the error rate. But as I never had any Chord, I apologize and my comments where based only on the looks and some...

Congrats AmusedToD ! :beerchug: No offense but the chord dac`s look like a toys. I`m confident that with Ares you get many times more for the money. :ok_hand:

Thanks Willsw and Soundsgoodtome! For me it would be more interesting if you can A/B the Wavelength Brick V2 and Holo to Ares via SPDIF feed by some decent spinner. The USB thing has so many different variables that the results may not reveal a true DNA of each machine.