To celebrate its 12th anniversary, Denafrips introduces the Ares 12TH-1 , a high-performance, balanced NOS R2R DAC. The digital/analog conversion stage consists of no less than 480 carefully selected precision resistors and is integrated with an Altera FPGA. The Ares 12TH-1 power stage is no exception, featuring a large 60-watt O-core transformer with UP-OCC copper windings, eight LDOs, and a variety of high-performance capacitors. This ensemble allows the Denafrips Ares 12TH-1 to reproduce sound with incredible precision, clarity and richness.
Denafrips Ares 12TH-1 has a full set of connecting elements. There is USB-B with STM32 interface, I2S over HDMI, optical Toslink and coaxial. When sorting, you can use RCA stéréo asymétrique and XLR stéréo symétrique.
The Ares 12TH-1 circuit is housed in a durable and elegant anodized aluminum housing. Its compact size allows for easy integration.
Characteristics of Denafrips Ares 12TH-1:
- Product Type: NOS R2R Balanced DAC
- Inputs: 1x USB-B/1x I2S via HDMI/1x coaxial/1x optical Toslink
- Outputs: 1x balanced stereo XLR/1x single-ended stereo RCA
- Supported sampling rates: USB: PCM up to 1536 kHz, DSD up to DSD1024/I2S / Optical / Coaxial: PCM up to 24 bit 192 kHz, DSD DoP up to DSD64
- Output Level/Impedance: RCA: 2Vrms @ 625 Ohm/XLR: 4Vrms @ 1250 Ohm
- Sampling Modes: No Oversampling (NOS) / Oversampling (OS)
- Filters: Slow/Hard
- Frequency response: 20Hz – 70kHz -3dB
- THD+N: 0.004%
- SNR: 115 dB
- Dynamic range: > 119 dB
- Crosstalk: -124 dB
- Supply Voltage: 100-240V AC 50/60Hz (switchable)
- Consumption: ≤ 20W
- Color: black or silver
- Dimensions: 215 x 230 x 45 mm
- Weight: 3.5 kg