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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
david_ten OP
2,509 posts
 
Yes. One can only (fully) power down by removing the power cord.

I put it in 'Standby' every night and it remains so for about 8 hours. It comes back to 'performance' fairly quickly. I usually start listening about a half hour after the Terminator and my T+A amp are back on.
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canibefrank
104 posts
 
tell me oh wise goners
should i get an RME ADI 2 DAC or a Terminator?
i wanna rock, blues, pop music
david_ten OP
2,509 posts
 
@canibefrank  You are looking at two very different units with respect to price, functionality, utilization, sound signature/performance, etc.

If price is a driver, then consider one of the other Denafrips DACs.

It really depends on what you are looking for and how each DAC fits those goals. All the best.
coach59
28 posts
 
canibefrank , if cost is a concern give the Denafrips Pontus a listen. It's head and shoulders above you're other choice. There are no slouches in the Denafrips line. I own the Pontus and have no complaints.
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