Never heard of "dinner fripps", is it dinner with Robert Fripp? Sorry, kidding :-)
Anyway. I generally feel that yes, Denafrips is NOT punchy or bright. It is R2R DAC that tend to sound more ’relaxed’ to my opinion. Perhaps you would prefer DAC based on ESS chip, they are definitely brighter. And Sony is brighter still, IMO.
Denafrips to ESS is like Pass to Krell.