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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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garyalex
117 posts
 
Thanks.  “Brighter”?  Uh-oh.
garyalex
117 posts
 
I ordered the Pontus II a few days ago.  I really like my current DAC, the Border Patrol SEi.  I just got curious after years with the BP.  I'm trying not to bring any bias to my evaluation of the Pontus but I'll be surprised if I prefer it to my BP.  The BP has a warm, organic quality that I really like. Plus, Gary Dews of BP provides great customer support.  I hesitated to make the purchase once I realized I couldn't return it.  If it doesn't work out I'm hoping I'll be able to sell it.  But I'll certainly give it a fair chance.
garyalex
117 posts
 
Agreed.  And just because the Pontus’ presentation may be less warm than that of the Border Patrol doesn’t necessarily mean I won’t like it.  I wouldn’t have purchased it if I thought that were true. The only way to know is to listen, and that’s what I’ll do.  It’s just that when I see the word “bright”, especially where digital playback is concerned I get a little worried.
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