DENAFRIPS PONTUS DAC is listed in The 15th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for 2018. "These awards are given by the editors and writers of PF in recognition of products that they’ve evaluated this year and have selected as superior audio designs. Yours was one of those chosen. You’ll find the article announcing the Writers’ Choice Awards in Issue 100 of PF, at https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/the-15th-annual-positive-feedback-writers-choice-awards-for-2018/. Thank you PF, Dr. David W. Robinson and John Zurek! Source: https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/the-15th-annual-positive-feedback-writers-choice-awards-for-2018/6/

After great deliberation and numerous auditions, decided to check out two lesser known products (without audition) - the Denafrips Terminator Dac and the Kinki Studio EX-M1 integrated, proudly made in China. I was inspired by Srajan's (of 6moons) reviews of these products and encouraged by some senior forum members, thanks to them. The equipment has been in use for over a month now and, I believe, sufficiently burned in. I do like the sound a lot. I'm a bit of a cynic and hate to use superlatives, and I wouldn't want to use words like lush, sweet, etc., that can mean different things to different people. I just want to say that the stand out feature of the combination is the pinpoint accurac