Denafrips Pontus II R2R DAC Review
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Publicado 2022-11-19
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Pros: Stereo Image, Dynamic Balance, High End Accurate Sound.
Cons: Only Three Legs on Weighty DAC.
Sound Stage: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Stereo Image: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
Highs: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ½
Midrange: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ¾
Bass: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Build Quality: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ½
Price: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
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Video Timeline:
0:00 Pontus II
7:05 vs. Ares II
10:40 Advice
11:01 Notes & Thoughts
12:04 Sound Sample
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Beautiful review Tharbarmar….much appreciated. Your intimate and realistic setting, as well as your down to earth experience based perspective on the Pontus II are very enjoyable and informative. You do such good work. Thank you.
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Great work, as always! 👍 Great slippers, too! 😁
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Man... this reali soundig GREAT! So livelike with real energy and dynamic!
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Great review as usual.
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Nice presentation again 👏.... !
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something i cant avoid noticing, its snowing outside your house...hahaha i like snow.
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It's snowing!🤘❄☃️🎄
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great same experience with my Pontus II
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Excellent review. Almost a year with it and I love it! Improved one level up with Denafrips Iris DDC.
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As always, a great review.We are waiting for a review of the new SMSL D400 EX DAC on AK4499EX.👍👍👍
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항상 같은 노래로 리뷰해주는게 참 좋음. 기기 별로 특징이 뭔지 쉽게 알수 있기 때문에...
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Nice slippers!!
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Very useful reviews. Keep up the good work.
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Play through an Active Studio Monitor Speaker. You'll notice the differences. I own the DAC for over a year now and it's good. Good energy, fairly detailed, wide soundstage. But in NOS mode is very dull sounding and in OS mode etches the audio with slightly aggressive artificial sharpness and it has minimally V-shaped audio reproduction. The higher end models like Venus and Terminator are better in this regard. Holo Audio Spring 3 also does not have such issues. I do not like this artificial sound, other than this, the DAC is fine. R2R DACs shine with vocals and makes older recordings sound richer. If someone loves music from different ages and genres, R2R is the way to go.
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I bought this. Thank you.
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Thank you for the review! Can you expand more on the differences in bass? Im considering an upgrade from the ares ii because my turntable blows away the ares ii in the 100-400 hertz range, the ares ii sounds anemic in comparison, will the Pontus ii be an upgrade in that regard ? Thanks
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Nice review and video - very informative! Can you please tell me what are those fantastic looking isolation balls under the Pontus II feet? Thank you.
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Smooth....
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The effective delay of the digital buffer is variable and shifts with turning on/off and switching input. Could be that you have just not hit a large buffer size when watching video.
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Good morning from Singapore
