[DarkMatter1]

Is it true that the Ares has a crappy sounding optical input?Thats a deal breaker for me.Unless i get it modded.The OCD HiFi guy on youtube said he was going to mod it.He said he is going to take out the transformer and move it away from the main board.And basically design a whole new chassis for it.I wonder if he finished it.

 

[elan120]

Very exciting news release - Denafrips announced the new DSD board that is capable to support DSD1024 / PCM1536.



Here is the link to the news release: https://www.denafrips.com/single-po...e72-fe20-49ed-aced-396d8b014862&utm_source=so



Looking forward to run DSD1024 soon in my system.

 

[RadioWonder737]

As a Holo Spring DAC owner, I am subscribing to this thread and see where this DAC goes. This should be interesting.

Where can I find more information? I Googled the product name and just got a few hits on a Russian site. I don't see anything that looks like a manufacturers page.

https://www.vinshineaudio.com/product-page/denafrips-ares-r2r-dac

 

[RadioWonder737]

Sorry, mistake...

 

[ReAlien]

That was distributor's page. Here's manufacturer's page: https://www.denafrips.com/ares

 

[Ricey20]

How do you guys think the Denafrips Ares would compare to my current dac, the Audio-GD Ref 7. Been thinking of getting a newer DAC since my Ref 7 is almost a decade old and I'm not sure which DAC to try out.

 

[jimmychan]

How do you guys think the Denafrips Ares would compare to my current dac, the Audio-GD Ref 7. Been thinking of getting a newer DAC since my Ref 7 is almost a decade old and I'm not sure which DAC to try out.

You should try R7, I upgraded from Ref 1 to R7.

 

[Ricey20]

You should try R7, I upgraded from Ref 1 to R7.

I have the R7, but it's 10+ years old now or something, so I was wondering if one of these newer decently priced R2 ladder dacs are able to surpass it.

 

[jimmychan]

I have the R7, but it's 10+ years old now or something, so I was wondering if one of these newer decently priced R2 ladder dacs are able to surpass it.

R7 is the most recent model from audio-gd and different from Reference 7.

 

[Ricey20]

R7 is the most recent model from audio-gd and different from Reference 7.

Oh I see. How was the Reference 1 compared to the R7?
I'm also wondering how the R1 compares to the Denafrips Ares. I know Kingwa told me before the R1 is a step up from the Ref7 in a few areas and comparable in the rest.

I need something in a smaller chasis so I don't think I can get an R7. I need to sell my Ref7 for the same reason.

 

[Spareribs]

Looks pretty awesome. I might get this Denafrips DAC

 

[XERO1]

The Audiophiliac really likes the Ares.

https://www.cnet.com/news/this-digi...-good-it-might-convert-lp-loving-audiophiles/

 

[DarKu]

And I really liked it too
Here is my review

 

[PitBul34]

Welcome Denafrips ARES II :

https://www.vinshineaudio.com/product-page/denafrips-ares-r2r-dac

 

[Oner_ru]

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