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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
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Denafrips Terminator II review by The Computer Audiophile / Audiophile Style:

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/denafrips-terminator-ii-review-and-comparison-r1036/
david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
Denafrips Terminator Plus review by Christiaan Punter / HFA / HiFi-Advice:

"This DAC is simply without flaws. It sets the standard not only at its retail price but it’s one of the finest DACs that I have heard irrespective of the cost. Whether or not you will like its super-transparent and ultra-precise rendering of the music is a personal matter but I will say that it’s rare for an audio component with such extreme levels of precision to remain refined and nuanced while also being musically appealing and emotionally engaging. Direct competitors in order of ascending retail prices are the Mola Mola Tambaqui, the Aqua Formula xHD, and the CH Precision C1. All three offer different facilities and provide different tonal- and spatial presentations. But these differences are not nearly as large as one might suspect based on the cost. Most impressively, none of the other DACs manage greater levels of transparency, detail retrieval, or overall precision."

https://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/digital-reviews/spdif-dac-reviews/denafrips-terminator-plus/
alvin1118
130 posts
 
Denafrips Terminator Plus DAC reviewed by SoundStage! Hi-Fi

  • "Denafrips has hit one out of the park. It’s now clear how they’ve built a loyal following in less than a decade. After many weeks of very enjoyable listening sessions, the Terminator-Plus proved a distinct step up in sound quality from my Bryston BDA-2 DAC in every regard."

https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/1579-denafrips-terminator-plus-digital-to...


Many thanks,

Alvin Chee

https://www.vinshineaudio.com/

david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
FYI, Per Vinshine Audio:

"Thesycon v5.27.0 USB driver is available now. What's new?

http://www.thesycon.de/usbaudio/TUSBAudio_history.txt

 

Please note that the v5.20.0 (and above) supports Windows 10 onwards. Operating systems such as Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 are not longer supported due to Microsoft discontinued vendor signing.

The latest licensed Thesycon Driver (For Windows PC) v5.27.0 is available to download here."

https://www.denafrips.com/support


david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
Review | Denafrips Terminator Plus DAC and Gaia D to D Converter

By: gmgraves / Audiophile Style

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/review-denafrips-terminator-plus-dac-and-gaia-d-to-d-converte...

"Overall the T+ is a world class DAC. Alone, it produces a liveness and a palpable realism that just a few short years ago would have seemed impossible at any price. I don’t really know how to describe the refinement of that amazing performance made possible by the addition of the Gaia D-to-D. But all I can say is that whatever magic the T+ is bringing to the table with it’s incredible performance, the Gaia takes that magic and turns it into sorcery!"
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