Denafrips ARES I vs ARES II

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UPDATE: Just brought this ARES 2 to my mate Stav A (DACMAN Audio, distributor at Australia) and it sounds amazing. The problem is definitely in the way I am sending the music to ARES. Definitely good buy.

Comparing ARES I and ARES II

ARES I playing first with Foobar set as DSD mode

ARES II playing second at JRiver DSD mode as well.

For whatever reason, I can play ARES II at Foobar but the ASIO is not getting into DSD mode. If I stick with DSD mode at Foobar, some of the lower frequency is a bit distorted especially the Hotel California by Eagles from their Hotel California album. If I changed the settings of the SACD to PCM mode, it sounds ok though. The problem is in Foobar, I find DSD mode to be more forward and clear so I really want it to be set as DSD rather than PCM.

I also found that if I play DSD256 file in JRiber using ARES II, it is really choppy until I set it to DoP or none. I am playing Vanessa Fernandez Album I want you, DSD 256 approx 400MB file sizes. Doing this in ARES I is not an issue for me.

Still, need to play around I guess.
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What is your favorite musical DAC? SMSL SU-8, topping D50, DX3, Denafrips?

rajasankar
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Ares II based on the sound presentation in this video. How do you find it now? What is the kit you use for recording?

Crisp
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Hi mate, may i know your full setting? thx!

barrylee
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Nice gears!! I prefer the sound of the ares II

aumont
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What do you think of the ARES II compared to the ARES ? Is there a clear improvement ?

xphantomx
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Ares 2 sounds dull and lifeless, technical against the Ares 1. Like digital used to sound to me. Quite normal. If people prefer this they do not need to go to great lengths, they can just go for a regular delta sigma dac. Only the Ares 1 has got that magic in tone and voice.

bananasplitbrain
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Ares 1 all the way. Directly compared the already astounding Ares 2 sounds like a chip based DAC.

bananasplitbrain
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Wow what a waste of money. Sounds like a you tube video over my iPhone.

petersims
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What is your take ? Is it real difference or small subtle difference?

kvrhifi
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Hello there. My friend had some skip problems with Ares 2 in 24 bit 192khz files. Do you have problems like this?

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