![]() 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. 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 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. ![]() With the Ares I heard everything deep down into the mix, like never before. Digital sounded a few steps closer to vinyl, and if that translates as more "analog-like," so be it. Music on LP connects better, and to my delight that's what's happened with the Denafrips Ares digital converter. 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. ![]()
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