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100+ Head-Fier
My understanding is that each channel has it own FGPA correction chip in a dual setup
Can you share the link where you ordered Ares from?Finally got the Ares from Alvin place.
Hook up A&K SR15 Dap and Aroma A100 as amp.
Whoah out of the box and I like it so much.
Vocals soundstage bass imaging were just fantastic.
Even though Denafrips site mentions this dac as "True Balanced", it seems it's not true when we see the circuit board because it only has two sections of resistor arrays like a single-ended dac.
Ares Circuit board
But their other dacs have 4 groups of resistor array sections like balanced dacs I've seen before.
Circuit board of Pontus
If Denafrips ares is not true balanced, i think it's not that good to advertise it as "true balanced" and maybe not good for that price for a "fake balaned" dac when there are cheaper options like Schiit multibit & Soekris r2r dacs. Just my opinion. Please correct if I'm wrong.
Thank you very much for the reply @alvin1118.Hi @Suppa92,
DENAFRIPS DACs are true balanced, Ares inclusive. Ares architecture is fairly different from the bigger brothers, but, to clarify your doubts, yes, Ares is a true balanced DAC. Its balanced output (XLR), are generated via the R-2R ladders; not like a fake balanced output generated by the use of OPAMP differential converter per se.
Hope it helps!
Rgds,
Alvin @ Vinshine Audio
You're welcome @Suppa92. Your understanding of true-balanced and fully-differential designs are correct.
A true-balanced audio equipment needs to have the +ve -ve electronic circuits in place to achieve the balanced topology. DENAFRIPS Ares is a true-balanced DAC with 4 sets of R-2R ladder arrays. It may be deceiving by comparing its R-2R networks with the Pontus/Venus/Terminator; but if you look closely, you'll realize that there are 4 sets of them in the Ares.
In fact, all DENAFRIPS gears are true-balanced, including the new Hestia & Hyperion pre-power amplifier, and the Artemis flagship headphone amp.
Cheers,
Alvin
Thanks @alvin1118 for clearing that up.You're welcome @Suppa92. Your understanding of true-balanced and fully-differential designs are correct.
A true-balanced audio equipment needs to have the +ve -ve electronic circuits in place to achieve the balanced topology. DENAFRIPS Ares is a true-balanced DAC with 4 sets of R-2R ladder arrays. It may be deceiving by comparing its R-2R networks with the Pontus/Venus/Terminator; but if you look closely, you'll realize that there are 4 sets of them in the Ares.
In fact, all DENAFRIPS gears are true-balanced, including the new Hestia & Hyperion pre-power amplifier, and the Artemis flagship headphone amp.
Cheers,
Alvin
Hello Alvin... I am curious whether the Denafrips DACs are able to process DSD 256 via DoP? My understanding is that a PCM rate of 705.6KHz is required for DSD256 over DoP. I have read that people have trouble with it over the USB 2.0 interface via DoP.