![]() I've been very impressed with the Denafrips, pulling out cds I haven't listened to for years. A year later and with much research for something in the under 1k range, I bought the Denafrips Ares II (R2R) and the Shiit Bifrost 2. My cd collection was pretty much sitting on shelves collecting dust. I'm basically a 2-channel, no subwoofer, silver-faced receiver/amp 70's audiophile who enjoys vinyl and the basics that I grew up with. it made that much difference? So, down the rabbit hole I went. Then, my 30-something nephew let me borrow his Shiit Modi. In the winter of 2020, another collector of vintage audio introduced me to the DAC difference. I will give it a good workout for a week or two then give a honest mini review. I will say their New top R7 mk2 is noticeable better still I was told and their flagship R7 HE MK2 looks fantastic and has power regeneration built in and output to a master clock option. Not much more to add ,just read all past R7 reviews and that is a good starting point. It is a very large dac and at 26 lbs it requires a whole shelf. The 3 R core transformers 2 - in pure class A for the analog output stage, and 1 for the Digital with 130,000 uf in capacitance which is more then most amps,gives it a big advantage to most dacs out there ,most certainly in its price class under$2500Īnd uses with the latest servo technologies so runs much cooler,with lower distortion levels. What it sounds like you can literally Taylor to your audio taste. I owned the latest Schiit Yggsdrasil last year and bought the latest board very neutral very good dynamics too cool for my taste, but none of these others have the prat and shear scale of dynamics and musical density ,and it has 7 real user adjustments FPGA in its programmingĤ non oversampling ,one vinyl ,and 3 over sampling. We Directly compared the Denafrips Pontus at the audio get together it was very refined a bit laid back the pontus very similar to the Holo springs 2. I will give a full rundown once I have logged a week or two on it ,2 R- core transformers go to the pure class A analog output section, the 3 rd transformer -digital is now fully servo controlled and runs much cooler and much better specifications. it weighs 26 lbs ,Underwood Wally is now the U.S distributor and service center. You literally can Taylor the sound to your audio system. Of capacitance is more then most amps has a lot to do with it I will be getting my dac next week and put side by side with very well know competitors it was noticeable better in several areas, and it has 7 sonic adjustments all FPGA basedĤ- non over sampling ,including a vinyl mode, and 3 over sampling other dacs just a minor OS option The dynamics and realism is what sets this apart it’s massive power supplies and over 130k uf This dac just came out late April 2021 ,over a year went into the redesign the Owner stated this unit has several advancements vs previous designs, and runs much cooler for less money then the previous R7 but better ,their is also a mk2 R7 also as well as a Flagship R7 HE with power regeneration,which I wanted but could not afford. Their latest and best value is the New R8 mk2 dac. It is very well built using 3 R core transformers rarely seen unless spending $$. I was listening to a 3 years old R2R dac the R7 from AudioGD a 20 year old company which won several awards which is not known much in the U.S yet ,This New R8-MK2 is better still. I have been in the Audio field for over 4 decades and have owned some pretty exclusive audio gear ![]()
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