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Post by MartinT on Mar 16, 2021 17:59:30 GMT
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Post by covenant on Mar 17, 2021 8:01:27 GMT
Happy Birthday to you, covenant. It looks like you've bought yourself a great present. I know a couple of guys on another forum who have bought the Ares II and are as happy as you seem to be. Haha, you guessed it. I was allowed to open the box at the weekend!
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Post by MartinT on Mar 17, 2021 8:44:11 GMT
Do report on the Aries II as soon as you've got a handle on it.
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Post by covenant on Mar 18, 2021 8:12:30 GMT
Will do Martin, it needs to settle in for a week I think. Thanks for the birthday wishes.
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Post by covenant on Mar 19, 2021 8:57:01 GMT
I tried USB last night but couldn't get to to work with my Squeezebox Touch.I have EDO installed and switched the Touch over to USB workaround, also tried the high speed USB alternative. USB worked fine with the Soncoz-what am I doing wrong?
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Post by MartinT on Mar 19, 2021 9:55:16 GMT
The Touch is so old now, I'm not sure. Is it only USB 1.1?
Does the DAC work with another USB input, just for testing? Laptop?
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Post by covenant on Mar 20, 2021 16:44:52 GMT
I think I know the problem. The Ares needs a driver available on the Denafrips website to be able to use USB. My work laptop is as secure as Fort Knox and wont let me download anything so I will need to borrow one. Its no big deal as I dont think USB will make much difference. I really hate the fact that absolutely no instructions for the Ares were provided-not even the website address.
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Post by covenant on Mar 30, 2021 8:32:21 GMT
After a couple of weeks use I can report that my views on the Ares 11 haven't changed. You can read loads of reviews on YouTube so there is little point in repeating but there are a few downsides that are worth mentioning. The led's are tiny (like a pinhole) and recessed so you need to be at the perfect angle to see them. The filters are either slow or fast and I would like to try something inbetween as they seem very different. I have settled for fast as the slow setting cuts off too much of the high frequency-all the reviewers say slow is best but I have to disagree. As mentioned previously there is no instuctions and no UK main lead. These points aside, the sound quality is superb, head and shoulders above any of the dacs I have tried but it should be as it is a lot more expensive. Build quality is excellent, the case being solid metal.The soundstaging is astonishing, almost 3D. Dont buy this dac if you need a remote or you want lots of gimmicks and flashing lights but if you want a truly well built product that comes with a 3 year guarantee its got to be worth a try.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 30, 2021 9:10:30 GMT
The filters are either slow or fast and I would like to try something inbetween as they seem very different. I have settled for fast as the slow setting cuts off too much of the high frequency-all the reviewers say slow is best but I have to disagree. That's interesting. It would be useful to see the curves they publish (if they do). A slow roll-off filter should retain more high frequency content, although this would be mostly ultrasonics. Unless, of course, the corner frequency of the two filters is different.
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Post by petea on Mar 30, 2021 9:23:38 GMT
Does that not also show that the Slow Linear filter starts to attenuate the upper frequencies (within the available spectrum) earlier than the Fast Linear filter?
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Post by MartinT on Mar 30, 2021 10:23:38 GMT
Yes it does, but it depends on whether the corner frequency is different between fast and slow filters, thus my question (the graph is an example and not that of the R2R DAC in question).
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Post by petea on Mar 30, 2021 13:32:06 GMT
I see. So the corner frequency is the point at which it begins to attenuate the signal - I noticed this was for a SMSL DAC.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 30, 2021 14:17:00 GMT
Normally, corner frequency is when the signal is 3dB down, which looks different for 'Slow Linear 2' filter in that graph.
No, on second look, maybe it isn't.
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