I am curious about your speakers, in particular the woofers. It seems to be electrostatic panels + ribbons for mids and highs, but how are the woofers loaded?
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Denafrips ARES II USB R2R DAC Review
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I am curious about your speakers, in particular the woofers. It seems to be electrostatic panels + ribbons for mids and highs, but how are the woofers loaded?
I'm seeing a Schiit pre amp and love the amps reversed on the stands.
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Let us open ourselves to reviews based on what is heard too. Otherwise we volunteer ourselves to eternal trap and miss on the good stuff.
Nah! No DAC is worth that unless it has a gold plated case and a remote control with a rotary volume control rather than buttons.
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I would love to do that. Only problem is, I have no way of knowing whether the things that are "heard" are actually heard or are just conjured up by the reviewer's imagination. That makes this path to "the good stuff" a complete gamble with a high risk of being deluded in the end. I prefer a more systematic approach.
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Ok judgment problem you have?
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Preference does not equal accuracy. It's just preference. In the end that's what makes the decisions in life.
Killingbeans
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No, I just accept the reality of the world I live in. If that makes me look like cold hearted prick, then so be it.
I like to have fun and enjoyment as much as the next person, but I don't want to sacrifice my intellectual integrity in order to have it.
I have no intention of judging anybody, and I do not blame the reviewers for being human. The fact just is, that some practices in life makes it easier to delude yourself than others. In this case the risk is simply way too high for my comfort.
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They're not electrostatic, they're magnetic planar (ie ribbon for tweeter+midrange). The subs are GR Research open baffle subs (loaded in a H frame).
Goes to show you probably shouldn't depend on measurements alone for making buying decisions, all the time. I heard about this unit by word of mouth from a friend who had one, and so I purchased this DAC about 2 months ago. I have to say that the Denafrips Ares II is by far the best sounding DAC I've ever owned so far. I have the RME ADI-2 FS, Topping DX7s, and Chord MOJO but I find myself only wanting to listen to Ares II every evening. Everyone who has one knows what I mean. I love it and wholeheartedly recommend this unit .
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Such a response is not just based on sonic stimuli. Sighted, anecdotal, non-volume matched, non-fast switched comparisons of audio electronics invariably also invoke non-audio stimuli such as aesthetics and backstory. To represent perception tainted and influenced by these factors as purely sonic in nature is disingenuous, incorrect and counter-productive. This much has been established in the scientific literature.
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Did you try both with and without the doorstop on the RME ADI-2 ?? Can change things a lot!
What is such doorstop? Never heard about it....
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It was in jest... but some bonkers youtubers recommend this kind of voodoo in all seriousness...
Sorry to not catch it! English is not my native language and I did not pay enough attention to the pictures.
Creativity around hifi voodoo seems to be endless and definitely amazed me
No, your entire post goes to show how vulnerable we are to bias.
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if all properly implemented dacs sound the same, no need to review new ones.. just recommend the cheapest properly implemented dac on the market at the time and call it a day.
exceptions: you’re willing to pay a premium for superior build materials or you are looking for some specific features, then maybe a new review would be worth it. otherwise, what’s the point of reviewing other dacs just to say “this one is implemented correctly and its measurements are so great that it exceeds human ability to hear any improvement from the DAC that we last tested which previously had the best measurements”?
exceptions: you’re willing to pay a premium for superior build materials or you are looking for some specific features, then maybe a new review would be worth it. otherwise, what’s the point of reviewing other dacs just to say “this one is implemented correctly and its measurements are so great that it exceeds human ability to hear any improvement from the DAC that we last tested which previously had the best measurements”?
To verify that it's implemented correctly. How else would you do this other than by testing them.
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