For now, I can share my experience of listening to DENAFRIPS ATHENA / APOLLO combo When compared to the previously used Marantz PM-11 S1, you will immediately hear a different approach to resolution and precision of sound reproduction. The Denafrips set presents the contours of the sounds much more accurately, but it does not outline them too sharply, it plays it very smoothly and calmly in what i can call a distinctive way. It has great micro and macro dynamics. Denafrips co

I've had a Chord Qutest in my system for the past 2 months with the intention of comparing it to the Denafrips Pontus II. I received my Pontus last Monday so have had about a week of listening to the Pontus. At this point, it's had about 120 hours of break-in on top of the 100 hours that it received at the factory. Background on the Qutest as a reference point: The Qutest sounded really good with notably a high level of detail retrieval. There were two shortcomings that stoo

Equipment list: Streamer- Aurender N100H DDC- Denafrips Hermes (USB in/ I2s out and using clock sync) DAC- Denafrips Terminator II Preamp- Denafrips Athena Amp- Denafrips Thallo (soon to be Apollo) Power conditioner- Isotek Aquarius (front end only) Speakers- Tekton Double Impact SE Stands- Timbernation Room Treatments: GIK Alpha corner traps x8 and Alpha 244 panels x5 Background and personal taste: Having owned a HiFi shop and hearing many systems that I have owned or got to

The Pontus arrived and is perfect in every aspect. It fits perfectly in my system (b&w 800d3, mcintosh mc611, mcintosh c70). I am very happy. Thank you very much! I will recommend your products to friends and will look out for your products in the future! 😊😊😊 Credit: Peter @ Germany PRODUCT INFO: https://www.denafrips.com/dac WHERE TO BUY? https://www.vinshineaudio.com/shop

Dear Alvin, It has been (I guess) more than a month since I've integrated the Ares II to my system. The Ares II has now burnt in and is blending in with my system. All I could say the sound is fantastic, I can hear deeper bass from Ares II than my DAP before and the soundstage is incredibly wide and detailed. I can hear the placement of each music instruments and vocal very precisely, it is like the whole orchestra is playing in front of me. I have enclosed a couple of photos

Dear Mr. Chee I write to express my gratitude and pleasure at having received my Ares II DAC. After reading numerous positive reviews of the DAC I was anxious to have it in my modest audio system, replacing an early version of the Bryston DAC. (Of course I would have loved the Pontus II but my budget is limited.) When I ordered the Ares I assumed it would take weeks first to be shipped and then delivered to the US from China. To my pleasant surprise the unit arrived in less

Hey guys, Happy to publish the basic setup guide for the new AUDIRVANA STUDIO. The setup was a breeze! Guide: https://www.denafrips.com/audirvana-studio Credit: https://audirvana.com/studio/ Enjoy the music! ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯ Yours Sincerely, DENAFRIPS TEAM WHERE TO BUY? https://www.vinshineaudio.com/shop

Alvin, I purchased the Pontus Il from you. What a remarkable piece of equipment! I have a Bluesound Node 2i providing Roon, I used an AudioQuest Vodka toslink to connect the Node 2i to the Pontus and hooked that DAC into my Solaris tube amp and listened through a pair of Sennheiser HD 800s headphones. It was sheer bliss. I am in heaven. The optical link actually sounded better than the coaxial connection and with OS switch on, my ears can barely keep up with the musical magic