I recently changed out speakers and started using HQPlayer (I've been a Roon lifetime subscriber for years) and my usage of digital playback and file streaming is way up. So yesterday I decided to buy a used Ares II. I just want to see how it sounds and then, hopefully, upgrade to a Venus II down the road.
My former DAC was a Convert-2 which was fantastic but it was also pretty obviously tilted to a specific kind of presentation. Right now I am using a Benchmark DAC3L and while I think it's an excellent DAC, I want to test the Denafrips waters and the 3L also has some things in the preamp function I'm not necessarily a fan of. I'll be pairing the Ares II with a Schiit Freya+ whenever it comes off backorder, so I can use balanced in and out from digital sources to my amp.
Really excited - I've had an R2R DAC in the past and really enjoyed its presentation, so seeing what one can do that can also handle some serious upsampling from HQPlayer should be a treat.
My former DAC was a Convert-2 which was fantastic but it was also pretty obviously tilted to a specific kind of presentation. Right now I am using a Benchmark DAC3L and while I think it's an excellent DAC, I want to test the Denafrips waters and the 3L also has some things in the preamp function I'm not necessarily a fan of. I'll be pairing the Ares II with a Schiit Freya+ whenever it comes off backorder, so I can use balanced in and out from digital sources to my amp.
Really excited - I've had an R2R DAC in the past and really enjoyed its presentation, so seeing what one can do that can also handle some serious upsampling from HQPlayer should be a treat.