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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 

6.

 

WARRANTY 

DENAFRIPS ARES purchased from the Authorized Distributor comes with 36 months of 
warranty from the date of purchase / delivery (whichever later).  

 

Defective 

Within 

Warranty Policy 

First 30 Days 

DENAFRIPS to bear both way shipping fee. 

Within 1st Year 

Customer to bear one-way shipping fee. DENAFRIPS shall 

cover the return shipping fee. 

Within Warranty 

Period 

Customer to bear both way shipping fee. DENAFRIPS to repair 

at free of charge. 

Out of Warranty 

Customer to bear both way shipping cost. DENAFRIPS to 

provide repair / maintenance services at cost. 

 

Содержание ARES II DAC

Страница 1: ... DENAFRIPS CO LTD VINSHINE AUDIO PTE LTD SINGAPORE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED V1 1 16th May 2021 ARES II DAC OWNER S MANUAL ...

Страница 2: ...TS 4 3 1 ADAPTIVE FIFO BUFFER RECLOCKING 4 3 2 PROPRIETARY STATE OF THE ART USB INTERFACE 4 3 3 PROPRIETARY SPDIF DIGITAL AUDIO RECEIVER 4 3 4 NOS OS 4 3 5 PROPRIETARY R 2R AND DSD DECODING ARCHITECTURE 5 3 6 DAC ARCHITECTURE 6 4 OPERATING INSTRUCTION 7 4 1 Quick Start Guide 7 4 2 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION WINDOWS OS 11 5 SPECIFICATIONS 15 6 WARRANTY 16 ...

Страница 3: ...he connected devices Always ensure that when disconnecting and reconnecting your audio equipment the mains supply is turned off Position the power cord and signal interconnects where they are not likely cause trip and fall hazard Do not use the DAC near water or place water filled containers on the DAC Entry of liquid into the DAC is hazardous and may cause electric shock and or fire hazard Do not...

Страница 4: ... of recording and reproduction experiences ARES DAC achieved the digital music playback goals musical expression The architecture uses the most primitive R 2R DAC technology it is probably the most suitable architecture to reproduce music Despite the test results of various measurements and parameters of the conventional R 2R DAC may usually not as good as the mainstream integrated DAC chip but th...

Страница 5: ...t 1536kHz PCM data stream and native decoding of DSD up to DSD1024 It comes with licensed THESYCON USB Driver for Windows Platform NOTE The USB Module is designed to trigger on only when USB Input is selected This is intended design to reduce digital input interfaces cross interference for best sound reproduction High res support may vary depending on system compatibility 3 3 PROPRIETARY SPDIF DIG...

Страница 6: ... 24Bit R 2R DAC to decode PCM data stream and 32 steps FIR analogue filters hardware decoder to decode DSD data stream These designs guaranteed the PCM format can be perfectly decoded at the same time the DSD format can be perfectly decoded as well It is rare in the currently market that a R 2R DAC can hardware decode both the PCM and DSD formats ...

Страница 7: ... memory using the low phase noise accurate FEMTO Clock located right in the DAC The processed data are sent to the final stage Discrete R 2R for DA conversion R 2R LADDER NETWORK The data bits are converted to analogue signal by the true balanced R 2R ladder network arrays The linearity of the conversion is guaranteed by the high precision thin film resistors with low thermal effect temperature co...

Страница 8: ... 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 Inpu...

Страница 9: ... Phase LED Off Positive Phase 9 Mute Button Press the button to enable disable Mute When mute the Mute LED will be blinking 1s in interval 10 Digital Audio Signal Input Sampling Rate The following table illustrate the Input Sampling Rate LED status Base Sampling Rate Multiplier Input Format 44 1 kHz 1X 44 1 kHz 2X 88 2 kHz 4X 176 4 kHz 8X 352 8 kHz 16X 2X 8X 705 6 kHz 32X 4X 8X 1 411 2 kHz 48 kHz ...

Страница 10: ...ss the OPT1 momentarily OPT1 LED On NOS OPT1 LED Off OS 3 Wait for 5s 4 Ares II back in operational mode Filter Selection Effective in OS Only 1 Press the Mute button once to enter configuration mode 2 Press the OPT2 momentarily OPT2 LED On Slow Filter OPT2 Off Sharp Filter 3 Wait for 5s 4 Ares II back in operational mode Video Guide https www denafrips com config ARES ...

Страница 11: ...I chassis 2 Digital 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 ou...

Страница 12: ...io playback for Computer Audio System NOTE Mac and Linux OS do not require the USB driver Installation Guide Download the driver from the support page https www denafrips com support Do not connect the USB cable from the computer to the DAC Remove it before the USB driver installation Double click the DENAFRIPS_UsbAudio_v4 82 0 or the latest version to install the USB driver Follow the on screen i...

Страница 13: ... DENAFRIPS CO LTD VINSHINE AUDIO PTE LTD SINGAPORE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Figure 2 Default Installation Directory Figure 3 Preinstallation Successful ...

Страница 14: ...IGHTS RESERVED Figure 4 Completed Restart the computer to complete the installation Connect the USB cable to the DAC Power on the DAC Select USB input The USB DAC shall be detected The driver status can be monitored as follows Figure 5 Taskbar Control Panel ...

Страница 15: ...L RIGHTS RESERVED Select DENAFRIPS USB DAC as default Windows OS Soundcard Press Set Default button Properties of the DENAFRIPS USB DAC Direct Sound default format ASIO Buffer Size Playback software recommendation roon JRiver Foobar2000 Sonicstudio Amarra ...

Страница 16: ...0K Hz 3dB THD 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 ...

Страница 17: ...chever later Defective Within Warranty Policy First 30 Days DENAFRIPS to bear both way shipping fee Within 1st Year Customer to bear one way shipping fee DENAFRIPS shall cover the return shipping fee Within Warranty Period Customer to bear both way shipping fee DENAFRIPS to repair at free of charge Out of Warranty Customer to bear both way shipping cost DENAFRIPS to provide repair maintenance serv...

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