![]() Hi res digital a recent direction so listen to as many dacs as possible with hi fi club: The most pricey so far has been the lampizator golden gate. I have been around the stereo hi fi block a few times and still enjoy the hobby. We are a group of music and gear lovers who meet once a month. ![]() Audio enthusiast and member of the cape Town Hi fi club for 25 years. I detect a northern hemisphere arrogance in your tone Grahad2 - we live in a globalised world where opinions matter and not empty arrogance. Credential s needed ? CV? Lets listen to music, be open to broad opinions and enjoy the hobby. Is this not a sharing forum? Is this a place for arrogant folk who think they've seen and heard it all? Credibility? What kind of credibility? This is a public forum or is it some secret society. The guy at head fi did a similar thing and the first question he was asked is if he is associated with the company when he sang the praises of the Ares. I was just sharing experiences I have had with Ares - in no way did I assume it to be an authoratative opinion. ![]() The Ares had better all-around bass and cleaner presentation of electronic music.Ĭhris cape town South Africa. I didn't think in a note-taking way as I was earlier, but I believe the difference was that the MHDT, presenting a group of people playing instruments, gave a much better sense of space and layering, which is a quality I rank very highly. I'll admit a bias towards the MHDT, but I'm also searching for a DAC in this price range and would be very happy to find that the Ares is indisputably what I want. In a predictable result, given their topologies, I leaned toward the MHDT for jazz ensembles and the Ares for anything electronic. He may be considering trying a Pontus.īefore we packed up I listened to a few songs to compare the Ares to the MHDT Stockholm V2. I've been lending the Ares to someone with a Spring Lvl. The optical might also be compromised on my Ares, but I would avoid it regardless. There was not a genre we tried that the Ares was not unanimously preferred. There was an immediate and obvious change: the Bifrost Multibit remained exaggerated and sounded a bit rough relative to the now significantly more natural and controlled Ares. It became a question of preferences, with the Bifrost Multibit sounding exaggerated but also more enjoyable in both bass and soundstage, and the Ares doing well in other ways but song to song one DAC never stood above the other.Īs an equalizing measure, and because this imaginary audiophile wants a $600 DAC to use with his $400 (+PSU mods $$$) Singxer SU-1, we inserted the D2D converter and went coaxial SPDIF into both DACs. My Ares is awaiting mailing to be exchanged due to its USB input seeming to be compromised, so we started with the Ares via optical and the Bifrost Multibit via USB. We had another comparison with the Bifrost Multibit and the Ares, using the Neve Headphone amp and the Utopia, for the person looking to spend exactly $600 on a DAC who has a $500 amp and $4000 headphones.
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