@djspinner i think that's a good point. It's what I did. I bought the Ares II pre-owned and sold it again for the same price I bought it for, minus PayPal charge of course.
@djspinner i think that's a good point. It's what I did. I bought the Ares II pre-owned and sold it again for the same price I bought it for, minus PayPal charge of course. |
I started a thread a little while back on why I sold my Ares II. I sold mine at the start of the year, as I felt it didn’t justify its cost, and SQ performance in my system, against the internal DAC of the Bluesound Node (2021 model). In hindsight, I may have been a little hasty in selling. I won’t go into why here, but iirc a couple of posters pointed out possible flaws in my A/B methods. Since then I’ve bought a new DAC from a tiny 2-man operation here in the UK making hand made DACs to order. As they do not advertise, use no marketing or sell to retail outlets, they are able to sell their products at great prices. Do I regret letting my Denafrips go; yeah, kind of. But if I hadn’t I probably wouldn’t have purchased the DAC I have now, or modded my Node, which has been a great experience. Also, I used the proceeds from the sale to buy my REL sub. |