Indicator | ARES | |
| Exterior | Small and simple looking device, minimalistic style, not eated much space, 1x unit. | Solid looking heavy weight boxer, minimalistic style, need more space, 2x units. |
| Interior | One big O-transformer, 2x R2R ladders, 1x FPGA controller, 0,01 resistors. | 2x big O-transformers, separated power source unit, 4x R2R ladders, 2x FPGA controllers, 0,01 resistors. |
| Build quality | Build like a T-34 main battle tank, full metal jacket, all parts alligned nice, packed in 1x paper box. A special gift wooden boxes are available for Taiwan users (and for me  - many thanks to Taiwan dealer). | Build like an ISU-152 tank destroyer, huge bullet proof case, many many metal, metal is everywhere, all parts alligned nice. Weight 13 kg, 2x units packed separately in 2x paper boxes. |
| Formats | PCM, DSD (DoP), DSD native (USB) | PCM, DSD (DoP), DSD native (I2S) |
| USB | + (XMOS 208) | - |
| I2S | - | + (HDMI, gold plated) |
| COX | 2x RCA | 1x RCA, 1x BNC |
| OPT | 2x TosLink | 2x TosLink |
| AES\EBU | - | 2x |
| Output | RCA, XLR | RCA, XLR |
| Soundstage | Very deep | Much deeper and layered (but you need a nice tube setup and a lightweight high sensitivity paper cone dynamic heads to hear that) |
| Attack | Very fast, agressive | Very fast, much softer and balanced sound |
| Bass | Deep and textured | Very deep, strong and textured (but you need a nice setup and high quality big AC to hear that) |
| Mids | Very natural and pleasure | Very natural and pleasure, more intelligent sound |
| Heights | Crystal clear | Crystal clear, but more gentle sound |
| Resolution | Very High | The same |
| Channel separation | Very High | A bit better |
| Price | $600 | $1500 |
great comparison. thanks.Sonica is still on the way from USA, i'll tell about it later. I think it would be better to make a small table to describe advantages of each other.
DAC-8PRO2 R2R
Exterior Small and simple looking device, minimalistic style, not eated much space, 1x unit. Solid looking heavy weight boxer, minimalistic style, need more space, 2x units. Interior One big O-transformer, 2x R2R ladders, 1x FPGA controller, 0,01 resistors. 2x big O-transformers, separated power source unit, 4x R2R ladders, 2x FPGA controllers, 0,01 resistors. Build quality Build like a T-34 main battle tank, full metal jacket, all parts alligned nice, packed in 1x paper box. A special gift wooden boxes are available for Taiwan users (and for me Build like an ISU-152 tank destroyer, huge bullet proof case, many many metal, metal is everywhere, all parts alligned nice. Weight 13 kg, 2x units packed separately in 2x paper boxes. Formats PCM, DSD (DoP), DSD native (USB) PCM, DSD (DoP), DSD native (I2S) USB + (XMOS 208) - I2S - + (HDMI, gold plated) COX 2x RCA 1x RCA, 1x BNC OPT 2x TosLink 2x TosLink AES\EBU - 2x Output RCA, XLR RCA, XLR Soundstage Very deep Much deeper and layered (but you need a nice tube setup and a lightweight high sensitivity paper cone dynamic heads to hear that) Attack Very fast, agressive Very fast, much softer and balanced sound Bass Deep and textured Very deep, strong and textured (but you need a nice setup and high quality big AC to hear that) Mids Very natural and pleasure Very natural and pleasure, more intelligent sound Heights Crystal clear Crystal clear, but more gentle sound Resolution Very High The same Channel separation Very High A bit better Price $600 $1500 [TD]Indicator[/TD][TD]ARES[/TD][TD][/TD]
