I had the Pontus 15th in combo with their Iris DDC and really liked it. The Iris was a relatively small added investment, icing on the cake. Pontus was very lively, toe-tappingly musical with ample detail. I was advised the DAC needed ample break-in, and initially left on with my streamer playing for a week (amp was off), which helped considerably. Then I upgraded my streamer and wondered if Pontus was a bottleneck. Sold the combo and have been on a DAC merry-go-round since; the next candidate arrives tomorrow. The Pontus is hardly end-game, but the 15th is a nice piece, especially at that price point.
My Denafrips Aries 15th has too much mid -bass, anybody else??
Hey guys, so after hearing so many wonderful things about the dinner fripps Dax I purchased in Aries too quickly sold that way too much mid base very thick not to my liking. Had a chance to step up to the Aries 15th as the reviews had it cleaned up a lot of that middle. Unfortunately I found pretty much the same thing maybe a hair better. Ive tried both nos/ os and not much difference so i dont know what else i can do. Is anybody else experiencing this with their systems? I'm a shocked that it have not experienced the system transformation ive heard so much about. I run a Sony hap Z1es and the internal dac sounds much punchier/ cleaner than the 15th. The rest of my modest system is Belles Aria integrated, Vapor Audio Cirrus speakers and Martin Logan 600x. Sub Thanks for your thoughts
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