Any thoughts on Denafrips Terminator Plus

One more thing ,no fuses to get in the way of the signal path they use a thermal thermistor if it has a fault ,it thermally just disconnects until it cools down 
vs a fuse all fuses degrade the signal in all a Denafrips dacs, Only their excellent base model Ares2 
uses 2amp T fuse, my friend has one for $800 it beats dacs at $2k  each model just gets more resolved depending on your budget ,if the Pontus I bought for $1700 does everythung well, for $2800 the Venus is better still .and these dacs deserve a pretty good powercord not to colored ,I read a reviewer using a belken power cord which is insane with  digital and $13k amps, just dumb and use a good usb cable with their new processor board,DSD  it is a noticable upgrade new board for Pontus,Venus, terminator 
came out in 03-2020. Is about $250 if you have a older model 5 minute install.

Yes I heard them side by side just 2 months ago
the terminator even had the Gaia clock the plus has even better clock overs better parts quality and huge power supplies almost 20 lbs heavier 44 weighs 44 lbs. the plus is more fleshed out and 
refined sounding and noticably better then the latest Ps Audio flagship With latest firmware - no contest and heard the top halo springs , and msb which was 2 x the money ,and has several filters to adjust over sampling if a sound maybe too laid back. A remote would be nice to change sampling but no big deal.

Hi,

Terminator plus has encased oxco clocks.

I had the standard Terminator for barely 1 year and lost quite a bit but no regret selling it and getting the Terminator plus that I demoed and kept.

Cheers 

Richard

I had Termi and Plus side by side. Ran both with a Gaia. Clocks connected on plus. I found the plus was slightly more full sounding, maybe, just maybe, ever so slightly “colored” for my taste compared to the Termi. I also found an almost indiscernible loss of delicacy in quiet passages. This was very subtle, and would not be noticed unless playing side-by-side on very select music...my foolish harp. I wanted to like the plus better, I just didn’t. Don’t get me wrong, the plus is outstanding. Just a matter of personal taste and system synergy. Price was not a deciding factor. The Terminator plus went to a new home and I kept the Termi. (For reference, I’m running high-end Levinson separates/monos and BW 802D3s. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but certainly a revealing system). Maybe I’ll wait for the next incarnation. Then again these are getting very very pricey. Probably deservedly so, but the PLUS and GAIA combined are slowly approaching the stratospheric prices of the likes of Mola Mola. I absolutely love my Termi with the GAIA. I think I’ll sit tight and see what the future brings. Competition may eventually bring down the prices of Mola Mola and such closing the price gap. Strikes me that such technology may be cheaper to implement than R2R soon. Who knows. I have not heard the Mola Mola...yet.

Audioman58 thanks for the heads up on Mojo… never heard of them. Made in the USA. Since I am in the DAC market and them having a trial period. Nothing to lose.