Music sounds really alive!
Dear Alvin, The Terminator-Plus sounds absolutely amazing :) Some of my initial impressions - everything in the sound I had before became better, the detail, the soundstage, lower noise floor. I'm hearing amazing level of detail that I never heard before with my Hifiman Susvara headphones, and I'm rediscovering my favorite music. The sound is more 3d, it feels like the sounds have a 3d shape in space. The soundstage is much bigger, music sounds larger on a bigger scale and bi
Ares II adds to the illusion of being there
Hi Alvin, I’ve been listening to the Ares II for 25 days and streamed music through it for roughly 300 hours to get it completely run-in. I’ve been listening to both PCM and DSD. I’ve tried both NOS and OS with PCM. I’m using Roon and it’s DSP to upsample to DSD512 currently which I prefer up to this point. I listen to both locally stored music and stream Tidal. I will add that I am running a fairly simple ethernet front end with audiophile switches and a MicroRendu. Wi
Cymbals in jazz music sound as they are made of metal, very realistic indeed.
I want to give my impressions about the Denafrips Ares 2 that I paid 1058 Canadian dollars taxes and transportation included. The Canadian duty fees were of 52,07$ so it’s fine as a global price. The packaging was appropriate and the unit was in perfect shape upon reception. The Ares 2 is surprisingly heavy considering it’s size. I have a Moon 300D version 1 and the Denafrips is at least as heavy as the Moon. From the start the sound from this DAC was very good but after 2
Terminator-Plus brings another level of refinement
Hello guys, We are pleased to share the owner's feedback of the GAIA and the Terminator-Plus. John is our first customer who owns the Terminator, GAIA and the Terminator-Plus. When John received the Terminator-Plus, he said: "I'm thoroughly impressed by the Terminator Plus. Within a couple of hours, it's already surpassed the regular Terminator. The tonal balance is better, no perceptible grain in the treble. The latest DSP board helped quite a bit with that on the Terminator
Windows USB Driver v4.86.0
Hello guys, We would like to inform you that the new version Thesycon 4.86 of Windows USBAudio Driver is available. NEW: - Support for Windows 10 version 2004 - Various improvements and bug fixes The history file with changes can be downloaded at:
http://www.thesycon.de/usbaudio/TUSBAudio_history.txt Please download it here: link https://www.denafrips.com/support Many thanks. DENAFRIPS TEAM
It sounds much more alive and "out in the room"
Hi Alvin - I have had a lot of stereo equipment over the years. The previous amp here was a good Class D, and the one before that was parallel single-ended 300B tubes. The Class D was clear but lacked soul, and the single-ended tubes were just not a good match with these speakers (they aren’t high efficiency speakers). The previous preamp was a good analog preamp, but it was also that manufacturer’s lower-priced built-in DAC, ok but nothing special. We’re talking replacing
What makes the music so real?
Hi Alvin, My system consists of MagnaHifi Mano Ultra streamer-> I2S Terminator DAC, Elekit TU8800 and Klipsch Forte iii, KGST amp and Stax L700, Bottlehead Crack-a-two-a and Sennheiser HD800. The Terminator arrived 2 weeks ago and it is getting better and better. It is a step up my previous DAC. Low frequencies go very low, they are articulate not boomy at all and the highs are very delicate, soft but very detailed. Quite stunning to get so much details with so soft highs, li
The music was just more "enjoyable"
Hi Audiogon. Been a member and benefited greatly for last 8 mos or so in building my first hifi system. I figured I'd share some of my recent trials and report on my impressions. Let me start by stating my current configuration. It's a digital system, comprised of:
* Mac Mini (don't hate me :). I have found this with a good DAC to produce some very nice streaming, though admittedly I have not experienced a 1st rate streaming device yet to compare to) Mac Mini feeds into De
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