Denafrips 12 anniversary

oddofyl,

Which Denafrips DAC do you own that micro skips?

The Terminator II/12 has my interest, although I’m still quite happy with the Terminator 1. I wasn’t wowed by the original T2 to justify the cost of upgrading. Fwiw, I’ve had the opportunity to listen to a couple Dac’s in the $10K range, (chord dave & Lampizator). The Lampi sounded gorgeous but for the money I cannot get past the DIY build quality. The Dave left me scratching my head, how it has attained stardom is beyond my comprehension. It leaves me to believe that the Terminators offer a hell of a punch for the money and should not be overlooked based upon where they are made. 

"We run an honest business, we strive to keep the cost low, therefore, effectively pass down the saving to you, our customer. We do not support return/refund of any product. Thank you for your kind understanding."

DENAFRIPS 

@curiousjim

i saw that, and laughed out loud... 

Did any of you get your Denifrips preferred customer Black Friday email offering 3.5% off? Oh and it was only good for the first twenty orders.

With the latest price hikes, I found it a bit of a joke.

If you like solid state the upper level Moon DACs are great.   The Merason DAC is less money , made in Switzerland. Sounds great.  Those are just two DACs I have heard in the last few months that would make me drop $5 or$6k 

Yes, you'll save money with the Bricasti too !!!!  

Agreed. Denafrips claim to fame has been that they provide amazing SQ and above average build quality at an affordable price point. I think they're losing the plot once they start raising the prices like this, especially as many new entrants from the chinese market (e.g. Musician, Musetec) as well as eastern europe who are making awesome and affordable DACs. Wiith all due respect, Denafrips doesn't have the panache to start acting like Chord, Playback Design, or dCS. And I say this as a proud owner of Denafrips Terminator 2.

I looked at the previous model there was a $1k difference between the Terminator2

and-the T+.  The transformers have a mix with silver andGold ,copper shielding on wires, and a redesign shorter signal path .

the Terminator 2-12 anniversary is a good deal , the T+ a ripoff  theHuff review was boring it said nothing ,it should have been a side by side . 
the Holo springs May KTE may be a better deal , the Terminator2 is a bit richer in tone both are great dacs and Best Buy’s. .

what other dacs are great in the $10k and under category ? 
i wish Bricasti mad a dac without the preamp built in for myself and many others use a active preamp which sounds better.

A larger "share" for Xi.

Big time money grab.    Dozens of tiny , cheap Chinese caps populating the board. Not if they will fail, when.    micro skipping in any DAC is inexcusable , happens often.    Where is the value proposition here?  That’s serious money

this company is learning the marketing b-s game fast, for a crew of quality obsessed chinese nerd engineers, showing expertise in how to suck $$ out of customer wallets with impunity

next will be 12.5a special edition with upgraded vishay i2s sockets

Ridiculous pricing....   a little more and you can get real world class digital.   Bricasti, T + A,  MSB...     to call something "12 th Anniversary "  is  equally silly.