Denafrips Iris DDC

Further Information: 

Denafrips Iris is a brilliant product if you want to clean up that digital signal. I am moving onto to a streamer, so it no longer serves a purpose for me. The Iris was essentially the first point after my laptop, and was used by me at my office and home office. I bought this from a person who upgraded to the Denafrips Hermes DDC. Ive owned a few Denafrips products now and they are to a device very well built, super reliable and easy to work with. 

The full spec can be found here: https://dacmanaudio.com.au/product/denafrips-iris-ddc/

I used the Iris with a I2S connection to the PontusII which was outstanding. I also used the SPDIF and optical outputs into various DACs including - Abbas Audio DAC 2.2SE, Chord QuTest and Schit Bifrost2 - all with excellent results. I even ran the TV through the Iris at one point for a test.

It is quite small, so tucks away neatly into most setups, its no space hog, so you will find a home for it easily.  

As for sound quality, my experience can be summed up in the following ways

- removed unwanted noise in transporting digital signal from the laptop to DAC

- removed jitter and weird dropout things that were going on

- when paired with certain DACS it increases clarity and precision, tightness in the bass, and improved airiness - just gives everything a lift

In a nutshell it got to the stage where I refused to do digital without it.

Highlights:-

- I2S for those that have that - brilliant

- Loads of outputs fit pragmatically into the vast majority of systems

- small form factor, looks great, always been stored safely 

- Warranty:  18 months remaining (originally purchased December 2021 from Dacman Audio)