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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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snafujg
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Wow @david_ten , that’s quite the piece you are replacing the Termi with. Congrats on the new device. Would love to hear your comparisons. At five times the price it should blow away the Termi.....
snafujg
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I spent about three hours of listening to my own music last night and had no dropouts.  This was playing from a USB drive I have inserted in the Node 2 running thru the Termy.  Most likely the issue is with Tidal itself as @jaytor suggested.  If I find any other issues I'll report back but I think I'm all good for now.  Thanks @david_ten for your suggestions.  I will try the FW upgrade once I get my laptop up.  
snafujg
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Wanted to find out if anyone else has had any audio drop out issues with the Termy.  I bought one used a couple months back.  I have occassionally had issues with drop out, and it seems to have gotten worse last night when listening to a Fleeetwood Mac playlist from Tidal Masters.  Here's my chain:

Blusound Node 2 (using ethernet, not wifi) > Wireworld Gold Starlight 0.5m Digital Coax cable > Termy > BAT VK33SE > Amp > Revel Salon 2

I mainly stream from Tidal.  I do have some stored files on a HD attached to my Node 2 via USB.

The playlist last night being from Tidal Masters was MQA.  I know Termy doesn't support MQA, but could there be some issue there?  The Node 2 will do the first unfold and send the signal to the Termy.

I will try to do some additional troubleshooting today playing from my stored files, which I have on a drive attached via USB to the Node 2.  Will also try streaming regular Tiday, not Masters.  See if I can narrow down when the drop out is happening.

But in the meantime, curious if any other Termy owners have experienced any audio drop out issues.


snafujg
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@jaytor , I will be trying with my own files today and will report back later tonight.

@david_ten , thanks for all your hints so far.  I've checked my router and it's on the latest firware.  Same thing with my Blusound Node 2 that serves as my streamer to the Termy.  My Termy was purchased new June 4, 2019.  I did get it used but was told it had the latest DSP board in it.  Is there a way I can check on the current FW installed?  I tried searching around for it but can't find the procedure to see what FW I'm currently on.  
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