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| What makes a DAC so expensive? Power supply filtering has a lot to due with lowering distortion with digital jitter,noise artifacts do matter. Even usb cables matter a lot if you have quality cables And equipment to justify the added costs for example I bought a excellent usb c... | |
| What's going on with Synergistic Research fuses? Silver, copper ,gold top conductors in synergistic nope brasswith a treatment $160 no thanks I had theirs in my other it was not as pure as the silver gold Hifi tuning , at half the price ,it just matters where it goes ,luckily my new dac uses a ... | |
| Any thoughts on Denafrips Terminator Plus Yes I heard them side by side just 2 months agothe 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 refine... | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? The complexity of the build ,the power supplies, are essential in the S/N and purity of signal, many aftermarket linear power supplies are over $1500 alone ,brand name , how fancy the case If a R2R multi ladder dac each resistor has be matched to... | |
| Analog or Digital and why? Records = headaches ,pops scratches,cleaning like space sonics can be Verygood but today you can get verygood digitalstsrting at under even $1k rhe Ares2 from a Denafrips R2R dac then better resolution and depth as you pay more .metrum , dcs, MSB,... | |
| kinki dac vs denafrips pontus Recently the Areas2 dac ,and in March the Pontus has a new processor board as well as upgraded DSD same board as the Venus and terminator it comes with any of these dacs as of March 2020if you have a older model for $260 you can unplug,and plug in... | |
| What's the deal with Vintage Tube Service? Andy is a bit forgetful at times , and doesnot do work or a schedule or a timely fashion Andy is probably 70 now .if a problem Brett Jesse or audio tubes .net | |
| Which R2R DAC UP TO 1K: ORGANIC, FULL-BODIED, DEEP SOUNDSTAGE Please remember the Denafrips Pontus ,Venus, terminator all use a new the same processor board with clock upgrade and DSD upgrade ,for $260 us very easy unplug ,plug in new one for any dac before March 2020.Pontus with big seperate linesr power ... | |
| DAC upgrade This you could put in Quotes if you have $2800the Deafrips Venus dac is a R2R multi ladder dac just look it up Vinshine Audio. Just look at the great build quality the whole bottom is a huge linear power supply . I have the Pontus the Venus is ver... | |
| 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 b... | |
| Would this be a good starter system for streaming? The new Denafrips Pontus is exceptionally good .i sold the latest Schiit yggs dacas well as lampizator 3. It will meet or beat ant 6 k dac out there and shipping was 4 days DHL for $1700 with shipping a no brainer ,a very detailed naturally warm dac. | |
| Would this be a good starter system for streaming? Did you buy and put in the latest processor board and DSD upgrade it is a noticable difference as of March $250 worth every dollar it was so good I listened to the benchmsrk3 detailed but too nuetral Brooklyn+ decent , ihad the lampizator dac3 ,a... | |
| DAC upgrade Benchmark very cool sound8ng,non forgiving the new Denafrips pontus much more natural sounding with exceptional musical balance ., the new one with the new processor board is better still as of March 2020 I also head the Brooklyn + , sold both the... | |
| Dac comparison The new Denafrips Pontus is night and day built better 17 lbs 4 resistive ladders over 225 capacitors huge linear power supply easily beats the Pogota the pagota is cozy and pleasant. The new Pontus new processor board as of March is a monster it ... | |
| MQA DAC with Coax Output I had the latest Yggsdrasil dac and neighbor has the Brooklyn + the New Denafrips Pontus,new processor board + came out in March this year. easily bettered those 2 if you want it cooler sounding, dac compared thebrooklyn+ is pretty decent but a t... |