DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more....


Thread for OWNER IMPRESSIONS, FEEDBACK, QUESTIONS, ETC. regarding DENAFRIPS DACs.

DENAFRIPS lists the following R2R DACs:

Ares, Pontus, Venus, and Terminator (in increasing price order).

"DENAFRIPS incorporated in year 2012, focus in developing high end audio equipment at a very affordable price. Throughout the years of intense Research & Development, and continuous improvement of the product lines, DENAFRIPS had finally settled with the current product range equipped with R-2R ladder DAC technology. The reason behind this is the designer strongly believe that R-2R DAC is the best way to reproduce music.

The name, DENAFRIPS, stand for:

D-ynamic
E-xquisite
N-atural
A-ttractive
F-idelity
R-efined
I-ntoxicating
P-ure
S-ophisticated

This mean a lot and it is the house-sound of all DENAFRIPS products." [Copied From Denafrips About Us section]
david_ten
Saleh, you should wait a bit longer before Terminator really sounds good, from my own experience around 2000 hours.  Are you only playing ripped CDs?  What about ripped SACD in DSF or songs purchased online in DSD 2x format, does it work through AES?
Video Review of the Denafrips Terminator from John Darko (20 minutes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tGmD6j8fC0&feature=player_embedded

Truly a thorough video review of the Terminator. Should provide those new to Denafrips / Terminator great insight into the product.

(Providing the link again since we are at the top of the page)
It's a worthwhile 20 minutes as he offers a balanced view of his opinion of the sound of the 4 DACs he compared letting you decide on your own which suits your taste