Denafrips Ares 2 Review - Not really NOS, but lovely!

Описание: The Denafrips Ares 2 is an affordable R2R dac with a lot to offer....and some questionable aspects.

Correction: 768khz is 16x 48khz, not 32x!

Full measurements here: https://goldensound.audio/2021/07/13/...

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Intro Song: "Awake" by Electric Guest

Testing Tracks:
101 Eastbound - Fourplay - https://song.link/gb/i/1305715762
Dissolve (Acoustic) - Absofacto - https://song.link/gb/i/1455616840
Ugly Boy - Die Antwoord - https://song.link/gb/i/871804919
Need Somebody - Boogie Belgique - https://song.link/gb/i/1148145824
These Drugs - Sugar Pine 7 - https://song.link/gb/i/1453710912

0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Build and Aesthetics
2:44 - I/O
3:09 - Internals
9:30 - Sound
23:35 - Not actually NOS!
31:20 - Impulse response quirk
32:28 - Conclusion
33:55 - Channel Stuff

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