[Mr Pluto]

Congrats thyname!

 
Did they tell what`s the estimated delivery time from Vishine to US?
 
From spec it seems that Ares and Venus are the sweet pots. Venus and Terminator both have 0.005% precision resistors, 26BIT R2R +  6BIT DSD, native PCM & DSD and same other spec. Only difference seems the meaty outboard PSU of Terminator.....

 

[thyname]

Mr Pluto

Thanks!

Alvin said 5-8 business days. We'll see. I am not in a rush.

In the ideal world, I would have gotten Venus. But there is a huge price difference (to me) between Ares and Venus. So Ares it is!

If Ares is any good, then I would save my money to buy a real good R2R Ladder DAC such as Venus or Holo Springs.

 

[Mr Pluto]

 Alvin said 5-8 business days. We'll see. I am not in a rush.

That`s great! I read somewhere that it takes around 3 weeks. I suppose shipping to Europe won`t take any longer also.
 

In the ideal world, I would have gotten Venus. But there is a huge price difference (to me) between Ares and Venus. So Ares it is! If Ares is any good, then I would save my money to buy a real good R2R Ladder DAC such as Venus or Holo Springs.

Exact same thoughts here. I will probably also order Ares first to see if there really is some magic. Over the years I have had a lot of different players and dac´s so lets see where the Ares stands and if it can compete with big boys. If the Ares truly is something special then I will order the Venus to replace my current source.  
 
BTW, pitbul34 preferred Ares to Holo Spring.

 

[PitBul34]

   
LMAO .....

 
 
Which one the box or the Ares?

))))) Both

 

[PitBul34]

   
Pitbul, how does the DAC-8PRO2 compare or have you already mentioned the comparison?

Yes, i did it here http://www.head-fi.org/t/833690/denafrips-ares-r2r-discrete-ladder-dac-close-up-view/195#post_13294038

 

[PitBul34]

But there is a huge price difference (to me) between Ares and Venus. So Ares it is!
 

 
Tomahawk (former DAC-8PRO2 R2R) is the next after Ares in model line.

 

[PitBul34]

  PitBul34,
Seems that you're probably gonna sell the DAC-8PRO2 and keep the Ares?

Or how many dac`s you need 

No, I have presented it to my elder brother. I use 2x DACs now (Ares & Oppo 'Sonica').

 

[iitime]

Just ordered a DAC-68 R2R from denafrips.com via email (denafrips@gmail.com). Has anyone ordered from them before?
Looking forward to listening to it.

 

[Mr Pluto]

  Just ordered a DAC-68 R2R from denafrips.com via email (denafrips@gmail.com). Has anyone ordered from them before?
Looking forward to listening to it.

Congrats!

 
Seems they sell directly also. Ares is $18 cheaper than from Vinshine so prices are falling ......

 
Can you please tell us how much was their shipping fee and estimated delivery time?

 

[seaninbrisbane]

Just ordered an Ares DAC from Vinshine.....estimated delivery is one week to Australia (shipping was $50).  Excellent customer service - I received personal emails from the company almost immediately, which is a nice thing in this day and age.  

 

[Rodion Manko]

I"m ordered my DAC-68 directly from denafrips.com via email and got my DAC February 11th. From Taiwan to Ukraine delivery term of DAC was four days(!!!).

 

[iitime]

Shipping was $50 by EMS from denafrips.com. It should arrive within 2 weeks.

 

[slex]

Just ordered a DAC-68 R2R from denafrips.com via email ([COLOR=555555]denafrips@gmail.com)[/COLOR]. Has anyone ordered from them before?
Looking forward to listening to it.

Have you ask them hows they sound considering Dac68 is 18bit vs Ares 20bit?

 

[gunwale]

looks like everyone is getting ares. i am waiting for tomahawk and i hope it is still less than 1k but i think its going to be 1.5k

can anyone do a sound impression comparing the ares with something like grace or chord?

 

[rudra]

Tomahawk will be around $1.3k ball park to be able to compete with the holo level 1