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A friend of mine let me borrow the Denafrips Ares DAC. Have listened to quite a few 4 figure DACs, but this Ares is one of hte most analog sounding DACs I have heard. Was really tough to send it back. So went on line to order one, and decided to try the next one up in the series, the Pontus. It did everything the Ares did only better. So am now planning on selling off my other DACs.
If you have not heard the Denafrips DACs, you owe it to yourself to give them a listen. Would have to say its among the best DACs I have heard.....until you get into the DCS range...
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Those looks cool. I guess the Ares would be the main competitor to fully upgraded Maverick D2. But man, look at all those CAPS!
Would love to test one out, but still it's only 1 implementation, can't tweak it like the Maverick, but I guess if you really love the sound in your system and don't want to play, you're set.