[gahan]

  @Ares_owners
 
Can you guys take some photos inside your new Ares? We will compare a new Ares models with my first model inside.

 
My Ares received last week
 

 
 
Greetings to Alvin for his great service!!

 

[Snicks]

Anyone here is from Germany? I ordered one and I am wondering about the duty...

 

[desik]

Anyone here is from Germany? I ordered one and I am wondering about the duty...

I am. But I'm waiting some reviews before jumping on it.

 

[PitBul34]

   
My Ares received last week
 
Greetings to Alvin for his great service!!

Good! It looks the same as mine.

 

[Mr Pluto]

Anyone here is from Germany? I ordered one and I am wondering about the duty...

 
In most EU countries it`s customs tax + vat = approx 20-25% of total if you didn`t use another methods for optimizing tax )

 

  Good! It looks the same as mine.

My Ares came with cones like under your DAC-8

 

 
My Ares is still running-in so I will look under the hood sometimes later....

 

[Moochibond]

  Hi, did you have a chance to do it? I had a DAC-19, eagerly awaiting your comparison.

Yes please! 

 

[seaninbrisbane]

Does anyone know the purpose of the standby button on this particular DAC?  Does it reduce power consumption?  Loving mine  

 

[alvin1118]

Does anyone know the purpose of the standby button on this particular DAC?  Does it reduce power consumption?  Loving mine  

Yes power consumption is minimal when it's in standby mode.

 

[seaninbrisbane]

I've spent the whole weekend listening to this DAC.....it really is exceptional.  The Ares is highly musical, yet accurate (at least to my ears) and I think it might be better than the Audio-gd ref 7 + Singxer F1 that I had previously.

 

[Snicks]

I am. But I'm waiting some reviews before jumping on it.

Where do you live? I am in Berlin and mine will arrive next week. If you live nearby you are welcome.

 

[rudra]

  I've spent the whole weekend listening to this DAC.....it really is exceptional.  The Ares is highly musical, yet accurate (at least to my ears) and I think it might be better than the Audio-gd ref 7 + Singxer F1 that I had previously.

I agree that the Ares is musical yet accurate. The timbre of the instruments and the separation is great. When certain parts of the music get busy, it still manages to keep the details , timbre and separation.

 

[desik]

Where do you live? I am in Berlin and mine will arrive next week. If you live nearby you are welcome.

I'd love to, but that's unlikely.

 

[Snicks]

I agree that the Ares is musical yet accurate. The timbre of the instruments and the separation is great. When certain parts of the music get busy, it still manages to keep the details , timbre and separation.

What kind of music do you listen? I am more and more curious to listen to it.

 

[rudra]

What kind of music do you listen? I am more and more curious to listen to it.

jazz, blues,rock,pop,EDM

 

[seaninbrisbane]

Is anyone else finding this DAC benefits from some burn-in?  I was seriously impressed with the Ares when it first arrived, but after a couple of weeks it seems to be even better.  Maybe I'm imagining it, I don't know!  I don't fully understand the technology being used and whether burn-in would even slightly affect the sound....