Denafrips Ares 2 Review - Not really NOS, but lovely!

The Denafrips Ares 2 is an affordable R2R dac with a lot to offer....and some questionable aspects. Correction: 768khz is 16x 48khz, not 32x! Full measurements here: https://goldensound.audio/2021/07/13/... Come chat on discord: https://www.thegoldenone.co.uk Support me on patreon and join the private telegram chat:   / goldensound   (or subscribestar) https://subscribestar.com/goldensound Denafrips Ares 2: https://www.vinshineaudio.com/product... SMSL VMV D1SE: https://apos.audio/products/smsl-vmv-... Intro Song: "Awake" by Electric Guest Testing Tracks: 101 Eastbound - Fourplay - https://song.link/gb/i/1305715762 Dissolve (Acoustic) - Absofacto - https://song.link/gb/i/1455616840 Ugly Boy - Die Antwoord - https://song.link/gb/i/871804919 Need Somebody - Boogie Belgique - https://song.link/gb/i/1148145824 These Drugs - Sugar Pine 7 - https://song.link/gb/i/1453710912 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - Build and Aesthetics 2:44 - I/O 3:09 - Internals 9:30 - Sound 23:35 - Not actually NOS! 31:20 - Impulse response quirk 32:28 - Conclusion 33:55 - Channel Stuff The GoldenSound youtube channel, and all content is created and owned by GoldenSound LTD