Wow Denafrips Aries II DAC

mpitogo

Wow Denafrips Aries II DAC

I have it in non-oversampling. Its pretty wonderful and very analog sounding. Who needs those extra bits and added detail when for my ears, its so musical. I can certainly listen to my other DACs Topping Dx7s and the built-in DAC on my C47 but these sound sharper more analytical, not to say its a bad thing but I’m sold on r-2r. From what I’ve learned it may not measure well but it certainly sounds very good. And its also preference. I can also configure it between NOS and OS with slow or sharp filters.

Left it on for 2 days before really listening but it was also burned in for 100 hours before shipping per the manual. Bought it from vinshine audio Dec last year and finally got it.

I was partially sold by reviews on youtube. I thought how can it sound so good? Well I am now really enjoying the difference. I’ve been looking at adding another higher up in the range but all 4 models are on backorder. Yikes

GlennDog

Excellent. Nice score
Let us know how she sounds after a couple hundred additional hours 😎

phipiper10

I'm not too Familiar with this brand, in fact I hadn't heard of it until this past week when I started looking into DACS. Their Dacs keep popping up as those that should be heard among the other more well known names, at least well known to me!

Glad you are enjoying!

erniejade

Sweet!! R2R dacs sound darn good. Nice pickup.

mpitogo

@phipiper10 you’ve probably seen their flagship terminator DAC. I’ve switched to full time Aries II DAC instead of the built-in McIntosh DAC in my pre. It’s a joy to listen to. Best of luck in your search.

jdjohn

Denafrips = Ares
Auralic = Aries

jbreezy5

mpitogo wrote: »

Wow Denafrips Aries II DAC

I have it in non-oversampling. Its pretty wonderful and very analog sounding. Who needs those extra bits and added detail when for my ears, its so musical. I can certainly listen to my other DACs Topping Dx7s and the built-in DAC on my C47 but these sound sharper more analytical, not to say its a bad thing but I’m sold on r-2r. From what I’ve learned it may not measure well but it certainly sounds very good. And its also preference. I can also configure it between NOS and OS with slow or sharp filters.

Left it on for 2 days before really listening but it was also burned in for 100 hours before shipping per the manual. Bought it from vinshine audio Dec last year and finally got it.

I was partially sold by reviews on youtube. I thought how can it sound so good? Well I am now really enjoying the difference. I’ve been looking at adding another higher up in the range but all 4 models are on backorder. Yikes

Could you share a little about r-2r not measuring well? As in what sense? Just curious as this type of dac is new to me, but actually old design.

I learned of Denafrips brand through Srajan Ebaen @ 6moons. Intrigued for sure.

TotalDac is another r-2r DAC from France, I think.

mpitogo

@jbreezy5 I am new to r2r DAC as well. Most of the information found are from the internet so take it with a grain of salt. The phrase "it's from the Internet so it must be true" comes to mind. It's hard to really judge but as a generalization there are some experts on the subject. GIFYS or examples below

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/measurement-of-r2r-dac.2202/

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/airist-r2-r-dac-measurements.6418/

mpitogo

Well this is good news

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/denafrips-ares-ii-usb-r2r-dac-review.11166/