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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
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georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
Winner for: "High-value true-balanced pre /power combo"
Very weak on giving any specs for the amp, even on the Denafrips website. Doesn’t instill much confidence .

No input impedance
No output impedance or damping factor
No 4ohm wattage ability or 2ohm, ect ect ect.

Can’t tell from this if it’s a pussy that can only drive easy load speaker or a lion that could drive say Wilson’s.

Cheers George
david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
Denafrips Terminator Review by Jay Luong // Audio Bacon

https://audiobacon.net/2019/02/28/denafrips-terminator-review/
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jriggy
549 posts
 
^^ Great review!
IMO it speaks to why the Terminator DAC can work so well in a warmish tube based system or with warmish speakers.
alvin1118
130 posts
 
Thank you guys! Much appreciated!

Best,
Alvin
Vinshine Audio
david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
I've been using the Denafrips Terminator in a new 'system' chain for the past month.

I have to admit I'm now in the 'amazed' camp in terms of how impressed I am with it's continued upward (performance) mobility and how well it  continues to scale. 

New speakers. New amp. New preamp. New analog cables.

New server/player, perhaps.

New DAC...Nope. It's that good.
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