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This Digital Converter Sounds So Good It Might convert LP-loving Audiophiles

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> The Denafrips Ares digital converter Pacula I love analog audio, but I've never complained that digital audio sounded unpleasant or bright, just a little boring, and it doesn't pull me in like a decent turntable. Music on LP connects better, and to my delight that's what's happened with the [ Denafrips Ares] digital converter. Digital sounded a few steps closer to vinyl, and if that translates as more "analog-like," so be it. With the Ares I heard everything deep down into the mix, like never before. The Ares is competitively priced at $680, £550 and AU$980 but what makes it unusual is that it uses a bank of resistors to perform the digital-to-analog conversion. The sound is big, but Ares is nice and compact, just 2.4 by 8.4 by 9.9 inches (45 by 215 by 230 mm). The front panel has a large Standby button, then a row of much smaller digital input selector buttons for USB, coaxial and optical digital inputs, plus Phase and Mute buttons. A series of incredibly tiny and not-at-all-bright red LEDs indicate the selected source, the sample rate and whether the converter is playing [ DSD files]. No remote is included. Judged from the outside it's a smartly designed, but no-frills basic black component, but I popped the cover and took a gander at what the Denafrips engineers crafted. The Ares doesn't use an off-the-shelf digital converter chip like most converters do. The Ares innards instead house a Denafrips designed discrete, high-precision [ resistor ladder] (R-2R) digital converter. I've never before seen one like that in a less than $2,000 converter. Ares decodes high-resolution PCM files up to 24 bit/384 kHz sampling rates, and up to 11.288MHz (4X) DSD native files. The internal power supply boasts a large custom-wound toroidal transformer and a bank of 72 small capacitors. Inside the Denafrips Ares digital converter Denafrips The rear end has a USB, two coaxial RCA and two optical digital input jacks; and stereo RCA and XLR analog output jacks. The bottom panel has four rubber-tipped conical feet, and a slide switch to select 115- or [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-quang-chau-tham-quyen-bang-tuong-5-ngay.html tour quảng châu] 230-volt operation. Build quality feels robust, and the warranty runs three years. Listening to the Ares The Ares sound wasn't anything like any other digital converter I've tried at home; it had more body and dimensionality, and the sound broke free of my [/news/masters-of-reality-klipsch-forte-iii-speakers/ Klipsch Forte III] speakers. The music had more guts and power, sounding a lot more like LPs, or to put it another way, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-quang-chau-tham-quyen-bang-tuong-5-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] the sound of live music. To put the Ares in context I [http://www.ajaxtime.com/?s=brought brought] out a [ Schiit Bifrost Multibit] converter ($599), which sounded brighter and crisper, but more uptight, and dimensionally flatter than the Ares. With the Ares the sound opened up, it was effortless, the Ares let the music come through with greater ease. It was a bigger sound, with more soundstage depth, and low level, quieter, more subtle detailing was enhanced. This kind of resolution was unprecedented for the money. Next, I brought out a [/news/a-kinder-gentler-sound-for-digital-audio/ Border Patrol SE] tube digital converter ($1,350, £1,046 and AU$1,804). I love it for its sweet sound and soundstage depth, but the Ares' purity and superior clarity was in another league. The music popped into focus, as if veils had been lifted. The Border Patrol SE sound was gorgeous, but it sounded a tad sluggish after I spent some time with the Ares. Though I try to avoid using the term "musical" to describe the sound of components, that's exactly what made the Ares special. There was a live quality to the sound, more bounce to the rhythms, more visceral impact in the bass. I was shaken by this little converter, the entry-level model from Denafrips. I hope to get my hands on one of its higher-end models in the coming months. [ Vinshine Audio] is the global distributor for Denafrips; all products are direct shipped from Guangzhou, China, to each customer. The Ares current price is $680 in the US, £550 in the UK and AU$980 in Australia. [#comments Comments] [/audiophiliac/ The Audiophiliac] [/topics/audio/ Audio] [/topics/home-entertainment/ Home Entertainment] [ Notification on Notification off TV & Audio]

Kobe apos;s Iniesta Sets His Sights On Deep Run In Asian Champions League

2020-12-30T09:09:07Z

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By Michael Church Nov 26 (Reuters) - Andres Iniesta has set his sights on steering Asian Champions League debutants Vissel Kobe to the latter stages of the competition as the Spanish World Cup winner looks to finish a disappointing year on a high for the Japanese club. Iniesta was on target for Kobe on Wednesday as the J-League side defeated twice champions Guangzhou Evergrande to become the first club to secure their place in the last 16 of the eastern half of the draw in the continental championship. Vissel have endured a difficult domestic season, with coach Thorsten Fink fired in late September and Kobe still languishing in 11th place in the 18-team J-League despite owner Hiroshi Mikitani lavishing significant funds on his team. But Iniesta is hoping a change of scenery and the win over Guangzhou in the club´s first game since arriving in Doha at the weekend can kick-start an [http://www.groundreport.com/?s=improvement improvement] in Kobe´s fortunes. "It hasn´t been easy in Japan, but in a different competition maybe the players have a different motivation," the former Barcelona midfielder was quoted as saying on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) official website. "This level of competition can push us higher. This is our first game, and we want to be here playing until the end. That´s our target. "It´s our first win in Qatar, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-quang-chau-tham-quyen-bang-tuong-5-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] and we have six points now. This is very important for us to go to the next stage, and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-quang-chau-tham-quyen-bang-tuong-5-ngay.html tour quảng châu] I think today we showed that we deserved the result. I think it´s very important for us now to keep going like this." Kobe beat Suwon Bluewings before the competition was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and are guaranteed a top-two finish in Group G, which has only three teams after Malaysian´s Johor Darul Ta´zim were unable to travel to Qatar. Fifteen clubs are playing in Doha in a biosecure bubble as the AFC attempts to complete the competition with a format which replicates that used in September and October for teams from the west of the continent. Iranian side Persepolis have already qualified for the final and the side from Tehran will meet the leading team from the east of the continent in Doha on Dec 19. "I´m very happy to get this result," Iniesta said. "In the league we really struggled to score goals, but also to stop them being scored against us, but today our defenders did well and organised well, and we were able to score three goals. "We´ll keep fighting, and we´ll go as far as possible in this tournament." (Reporting by Michael Church in Hong Kong, Editing by Ken Ferris)

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