#Denafrips #AresII #DACs

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Time-stamps;
0:00 Introduction Segment
0:58 Who is a DAC for? Where does the Ares sit in the Denafrips range
1:15 Connections / Operation
1:39 What are R2R Ladder DACs in simple terms?
2:10 More technical info on the Ares II (internals)
3:12 Pricing / Tone / RME? / Ares II VFM
4:46 More Technical Specs / How I connected it up
5:42 What does it sound like
6:19 What music I tested with it?
7:33 Tone and Detail
8:16 Engaging NOS/OS modes
8:48 Gear I used in the test
9:15 Easy ease of use like the Chord Qutest
9:44 Qutest in comparison?
11:13 Moby new album....
11:23 More Chord v Ares II
12:08 It's all about tone though!
12:52 RME ADI-2 DAC FS segment
13:29 What's the RME all about? How does it sound relative to Qutest/Ares?
14:52 Wrap Summary - against Cambridge CXN v2 / Musical Fidelity MX-DAC
16:42 Production values, wtf - Osama Bin Laden??? ;)
17:11 Denafrips Venus 2 (Vangelis Chung Kuo Cover Clip)

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