A non-audiophile's take on the DENAFRIPS ARES 12TH-1 R2R DAC (full review)
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- Thanks to Alvin, the owner of @VinshineAudio in Singapore, for sending a Denafrips Ares 12th-1 over for this review. Check out his store (www.vinshine.audio/) and subscribe to his channel ASAP ( / @vinshineaudio )
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SHORTCUTS 👇
0:00 Yadda yadda
1:04 Concept of an (R2R) DAC
2:52 Connections
4:03 Sound quality
7:24 Dislikes / Negatives
8:24 Last Words / Score
9:45 Outro
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Be sure to check out my man Alvin's store (www.vinshine.audio/) and subscribe to his channel ASAP (www.youtube.com/@VinshineAudio)
They have the absolute best customer service. I had a problem with a product failure once and they got it taken care of and were super communicative the entire way. So much so that I opted to buy a few more of their products. I worked directly with Vincent and Annie quite a bit. Big shoutout to them as well.
A nice review and I agree with all your comments by and large. I bought this for my vacation home as an upgrade to a Bluesound Node. I did put it in my home system first and it sounded great in a relatively expensive system (expensive is a relative term in the audiophile world - but let’s just say the wires connecting it to the rest of the system were far more expensive than this dac). It’s my first experience with an R2R DAC and very impressed.
Just found your channel and really like your reviewing skills. Im waiting for my Ares 12th-1 to arrive anytime soon!
Thanks for watching and appreciate the props. Let us know what you think of your Ares when you get it, ya?
@@gearupaaron for sure!
I have the Ares12th-1 for about 8 months now. I love it more day by day, outstanding how the music sound alive and organic. Never had issues with delays thus.
ThanksMuch for posting !
Anytime! ✌️
It fixed my LCDX 2021 ….its giving it more clarity , soundstage and actually ( in my case Not Oversampling) the vocals are clearer 😊
Great video 👍
thanks for this review, very refreshing to see someone be able to translate audiophile stuff to layman's -- way easier to figure everything out. think I might go for this soon, very reasonably priced for what it is!
Denaprips Enyo is the cheapest about 700USD not ares 12th-1
You mentioned a noticeable delay with the ARES when starting music. Does this mean that when watching content on your PC with the ARES as your DAC, you'll get lips out of sync when people speak? Or when playing video games, your sound will be out of sync?
No latency issues - it's the literal delay from when you press Play and when audio is actually heard. Really small thing.
What preamp and amp you use? Thx
It was an odd mish-mash of the Fiio R7 as the preamp and iFi Zen CAN as the amp 😜
Aaron the RUclips Butcher! Thanks for posting this video.
The butcher, huh? 🤣
I meant Bouncer!😁@@gearupaaron
I will pray for your soul for your use of expletives. 😅
Lol, bless your heart 🤣