Musician Pegasus DAC won me over

This guy has such a calming way of speaking. Great to listen to while I am working

You are my go to favorite reviewer! I've purchased two components based on your opinion, and am extremely happy. Keep up the fantastic work!

It's clear that you, Srboljub Stojanovic, are not a native English speaker. I therefore admire all the more how well and clearly you express yourself in English - and I love your spoken accent. Furthermore, you're very good at your craft of evaluating audio equipment in considerable detail and depth. You very ably help us to think critically about the pros and cons of ALL the equipment we might be interested in buying, giving us more data on which to base our own decisions. You impress me as being scrupulously fair in your assessments of the audio gear you discuss in each of your videos, because you give credit where credit is due to each and every component you are comparing and evaluating here, even as at the end you give us YOUR reasons why YOU have chosen the component that YOU most like after taking everything into consideration. Thank you for all you are doing! Your videos are a pleasure to watch.

iiWi Reviews has fast become a fav of mine. The detail in the reviews, lots of comparisons, authenticity and provides some of music used in the review all make for great content.

Great review! Very helpful. I own the Ares II now and have had my eye on the Pegasus. You do a great job conveying what you hear, keep up the good work!

Been crazy about audio for over 30 years, and I have to say, that you have a very illuminating way of describing a component's sound signature. Well done! This Dac is exactly what I've been looking for. I've subscribed. Happy holidays. Cheers! 🎧

I wanted to try a R to R dac and after watching several reviews decided to try the Pegasus. I have had mine for about 9 months now and consider it fully broken in. Overall, you covered the sound perfectly. I find though I like the oversampling engaged most of the time. The music attack seems at first better in NOS with less harmonic presentation accuracy to me. In oversampling mode, the natural personality of musical instruments emerges. The Pegasus seems to sound best with a silver USB cable connected directly to computer as I use it.

Same here, love the way you transfer the information, calm and makes me feel exactly what you mean. Thanks again

I partly agree regarding the difference’s between Ares 2 and Pegasus. I had the Ares 2 and I then sold to buy the Pegasus based on your review. I had compared the two back and forth for several hours. I have concluded that the Pegasus is more resolving, more details can be heard. It does has slam and nearly all songs have a lot of energy and come to life. The Ares is softer with less details however it does have its own sound signature, everything just sounds very pleasant especially string instruments like guitar and cello. It has a realness to it and music sounds lush and warmish . If these dacs were pillows, the Pegasus would be a latex material, not too soft, not too hard and performs well for everyday use. The Ares 2 would be a duck feather pillow, very soft and plump and keeps you warm in winter. If only I could keep both 😔

Great review. Many thanks for your time and effort to share.

Very well made review with valuable comparisons 👍

You are introducing a new and accurate way of describing sound quality. I immediately understand the way you talk about lasering out the edges / shape of a tone, without that being the most natural way a tone sounds. “unforced sense of detail and texture” etc. (I am a DIY guy experimenting with different R2R boards from A..E…., the big Chinese webshop, also using the Pi2AES hat on raspberry Pi and oversized Jung Super Regulator power supply boards - use two seperates for your Pi and Pi2AES)

Respect!!! for telling what you feel & for standing up to your beliefs. Keep up the great work!

Brilliant review. You are one of the best reviewers on Youtube. Thank you.

Bravo! I just purchasend a Musician Pegasus OG, thanks to your excelent review. Thank you very much for your reviews which I always enjoy. Keep up the great work!

Great review especially the comparisons. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for this review!

This has been a very helpful video. I have been weighing up the ares 2 and qutest for a while, and had decided that what I really want is an r2r dac with the strengths of both but none of their drawbacks, but ideally for the same price, which I accepted was going to mean I would have to wait a while. This dac seems to tick all of those boxes for me, so that is what I'll be aiming for in the future

You are very good at conveying your thoughts man.! Very detailed and very well put. Please consider the Holo Spring 3 as well. Thank you

Good review sir!  Ares II here... In regards to bass... I broke out XTZ Edge A2-400 amplifier the other night and threw it into the mix and boy did the sound change, not happy at all. My system, the Denafrips Ares II, Iris DDC, Hades preamp and their Thallo amplifier with the KLH Model 5 speakers. Adding the XTZ Edge totally destroyed the sound of this system, it sounded like my Schiit Gungnir was back in the system, which the Ares II replaced. It was thin sounding, a heavy digital signature, just painful to listen too and that full rich bass was gone, everything the Ares II brought to the table was gone. My point, and not doubting the above review in the least, BUT! These DACs are going to be very system specific. I knew there would be a sound change, but I never realized how much of a change. I thought about breaking out the Freya S and pairing it with my Thallo, but could not bring myself to do that, as the Hades is zero gain and beyond dead silent, which the Freya S is not. It would be nice to hear a comparison with the Pontus II. Just my .02