ktm Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 Flavor Of The Month. You see a lot of that over at that "other" headphone site. Something is the hot new thing that everybody wants. A month later, nobody cares. Time for a Head-case dictionary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimL Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 FOTM = Flavor Of The Month, i.e. whatever is the latest internet favorite, generally replaced as soon as something new comes along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spritzer Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) Speaking of the devil... https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-airist-audio-r-2r-dac Edited June 7, 2018 by spritzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario_Fpolis Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 And regarding this new Dac, there is a pretty serious discussion regarding stealing someone´s implementation/design/whole board, https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-airist-audio-r-2r-dac/talk/2098625?utm_source=linkshare&referer=BW5T38 And the usual forums has the usual discussion about it. Me, I´m just Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Nice!! I love a good dumpster fire!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laowei Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Bum fight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizzer Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 I just had the Denafrips terminator for acouple weeks for a good listen , borrowed from a friend , Pretty good but I won’t be getting rid of my Rockna dac anytime soon . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Get the new YGGY...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizzer Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 11 hours ago, wink said: Get the new YGGY...... I bought the new Yggdrasil analog 2 this past January , Anyway it’s a decent dac for the asking price . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spychedelic Whale Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Have any one compared the Denafrip Ares with one of the soekris Dacs? I'm tempted by the Ares, but the other being in Europe makes it easier with customs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Didn't have them at the same time, but I had the Ares, then later got the Soekris 1541 DAC/Amp (still have that). About twice as much, but definitely more refined, a bit more transparent, and I THINK a bit better extension at both frequency extremes. Twice as good? No....but better overall. I also owned the USB-powered 1101....not as good as the desktop unit, but better than several other DAC/amp units I had tried at work. BTW, the amp sections on the 1541 is just good, not great. A fair bit lost compared to putting the line outs to a nicer external amp. I'm using mine with an ECP DSHA-3F (custom output for the Focal phones). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhamnetin Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Not a fan of the Denafrips Venus personally. Too soft sounding with slow decay and blurry attack, too laid back (reduced treble extension), bass loses clarity and impact, everything loses weight and transparency... and this is all compared to the Chord Hugo 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) the other place must be closed. Edited October 21, 2018 by Torpedo 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwmclean Posted October 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Bring back the Anyone had time with a RME ADI 2 DAC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeWolf Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, johnwmclean said: Bring back the Anyone had time with a RME ADI 2 DAC? I've owned the ADI-2 Pro AE since it's inception (got the 3rd unit off the line) and for almost a year used an ADI-2 DAC in the office. Also I've been discussing both of them with their designer Matthias Carstens. What can I do for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLA Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 2 hours ago, johnwmclean said: Anyone had time with a RME ADI 2 DAC? Got it a few months back. Will not be selling it. Sound is great, parametric eq is really handy for some hp’s/recordings, and it gets reassuringly warm Archimago has all the numbers: http://archimago.blogspot.com/2018/10/measurements-rme-adi-2-pro-fs-as-dac.html?m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeWolf Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Anyways, here's my 2 eurocents. It's really all about the features and wether you care to benefit from them. It comes with a 100 page manual and it's worth to actually go through it. Almost every aspect of it makes the purist stuff from most audiophile mfg's look stone age. You get one of the best digital volume controls out there, 5 band stereo PEQ, unique loudness compensation, dicking around with DAC filters, all kinds of X-feed and much more. It measures impeccably. I'm half sure that my Pro can give lab grade measurement stuff from AP a run for their money. As for the sound, I enjoy it. If you're used to THD, then it might feel too naked. I've heard people say that. Simple music like strings with solo vocals can sound richer on dirtier sources, the problem is that this richness gets in way of spectrally busier records like metal and such. And I personally like to feel that what I'm hearing is the truth, even if there's no direct way to know that. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwmclean Posted November 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 Thanks Rudewolf and MLA, I’m probably going to go for this, it does seem like a good choice amongst current DACs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeWolf Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 If you can make do with just the DAC, then this is a nice choice, if a tad ugly - http://www.rme-audio.de/en/products/adi_2_fs.php Comes around 30% cheaper that the ADI-2 DAC, but the DAC and headamp circuit is the same. I really enjoy the fact that the ADI-2 Pro is a 4 channel DAC, so I can run my subs digitally crossed over and room corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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