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INSTALLATION AND SETUP 

The Ares II is easy to use. Nonetheless, please read this section to fully understand the 
functions and features available.  

 

Figure 1.

 

Ares II Front Panel 

Description: 

(1)

 

Standby Button 

Press the button once to switch on the DAC, vice versa, press once to switch the DAC into 
standby mode. 

(2)

 

Standby LED 

The Standby LED shall be on when the DAC is in Standby Mode. The LED shall be dimmed 
when the DAC is in Operating Mode. 

(3)

 

Input Selection: USB 

Press the button to select USB as current input source. The respective LED shall be on.  

(4)

 

Input Selection: COAXIAL 1 

Press the button to select COAXIAL 1 as current input source. The respective LED shall be on.  

(5)

 

Input Selection: COAXIAL 2 

Press the button to select COAXIAL 2 as current input source. The respective LED shall be on.  

(6)

 

Input Selection: OPTICAL 1 

Press the button to select OPTICAL 1 as current input source. The respective LED shall be on.  

(7)

 

Input Selection: OPTICAL 2 

Press the button to select OPTICAL 2 as current input source. The respective LED shall be on.  

(8)

 

Phase Button 

Press the button to toggle Phase Output. Phase LED On: Negative Phase, Phase LED Off: 
Positive Phase 

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Summary of Contents for Ares II

Page 1: ...e usually not as good as the mainstream integrated DAC chip but the sound of R 2R DAC is often filled with emotion relax high resolution and additive musicality that most of the common mainstream integrated DAC chip cannot match To achieve a decent sounding R 2R DAC the use of ultra precise resistors is necessary The cost of high precision resistors is expensive each resistor must be stringently m...

Page 2: ...path and eliminated the undesired coloration 2 3 ADAPTIVE FIFO MEMORY CACHE ARCHITECTURE Adaptive FIFO technology is used to transfer the audio data input to the high speed RAM buffer and by using the high stability active crystal clock signals generated from within extract the audio data from the high speed to the R2R DAC for DA conversion 2 4 NOS OS Fancy of NOS OS selection to change the sound ...

Page 3: ...USB Press the button to select USB as current input source The respective LED shall be on 4 Input Selection COAXIAL 1 Press the button to select COAXIAL 1 as current input source The respective LED shall be on 5 Input Selection COAXIAL 2 Press the button to select COAXIAL 2 as current input source The respective LED shall be on 6 Input Selection OPTICAL 1 Press the button to select OPTICAL 1 as cu...

Page 4: ...4X 8X 1 411 2 kHz 48 kHz 1X 48 kHz 2X 96 kHz 4X 192 kHz 8X 384 kHz 16X 2X 8X 768 kHz 32X 4X 8X 1536 kHz DSD 1X DSD 64 2X DSD 128 4X DSD 256 8X DSD 512 16X 2X 8X DSD 1024 Table 1 Sampling Rate NOS OS Selection 1 Press the Mute button once to enter configuration mode 2 Press the OPT1 momentarily OPT1 LED On NOS OPT1 LED Off OS 3 Wait for 5s 4 Ares II back in operational mode Filter Selection Effecti...

Page 5: ...ital Audio Signal Input There are 5 inputs namely USB COAX 1 COAX 2 OPT1 and OPT2 3 Analog Audio Signal Output Balanced output via XLR pin2 hot singled ended output via RCA The Ares II is a true balanced DAC we recommend using balanced output whenever possible The RCA and XLR output are shared please use either of the output at a time It is not recommended to use both RCA and XLR output simultaneo...

Page 6: ... N 0 004 1KHz A weighted Output RCA 2 2 10 V RMS 1KHz Output XLR 4 4 10 V RMS 1KHz Supported Format DSD DSD64 All Input DSD64 DSD1024 USB Only Supported Format PCM 24bit 44 1 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 kHz All Input 44 1 1536 kHz USB Only S N Ratio 115dB RCA 114dB XLR Dynamic Range 119dB RCA 120dB XLR Stereo Crosstalk 124dB RCA 130dB XLR Dimension 215 230 45 mm Weight 3 5kg ...

Page 7: ...e Authorized Distributor comes with 36 months of warranty from the date of purchase delivery whichever later Customers shall bear the two way shipping cost for RMA In event of tampering found on the unit the warranty shall be voided Visit our website at www denafrips com for more updates Enjoy the Music ...

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