Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update

I never had the popping or clicking issue on my Denafrips Area II, but finally took it apart yesterday, photographed the chip, sent in the form, and got the update last evening.

Took the time this morning and carefully followed the instructions provided by Alvin. Turned out to be straight forward as I worked my way through, step by step, even though I am on the newest Mac OS…..easy to figure out.

It is a very nice performance upgrade for the Ares II, I must say. Well worth the upgrade regardless of any past issues, or not.

Thanks to Alvin and Vinshine for this update, pretty unexpected and adds new life to the Ares. 👍

@texbychoice

Prior to the update there was a definite sound difference between positive and negative phase selection. After the update unable to detect a difference.

I noticed that also with my Ares II. I almost always used phase with the light on, but after the update, there was much less a difference. In addition, last evening, while streaming (Tidal, not from my server), I tried NOS and I think I now prefer it. Like many, I had it set to OS/slow filter before, but really felt the NOS setting was now more to my liking. I’ll have to check it out when spinning CD’s and playing ripped files on the server too.