Just got back to reading all these terrific replies. Thank you so much.
My journey has progressed since selling the Ares 2.
I bought the lower tier Audio Mirror Tubadour from Vlad.
He is such a nice fellow I wanted to buy from him.
Cost was $1500. He claims it is 80% of the SE at $2,500.
My thought was -If I really liked it I had the upgrade option.
My question was-Should I try the Pontus 2 at $1,750 or this Audio Mirror.
The world seems to have fallen for the Pontus 2.
So I took the road less traveled.
So far I love this product and will likely do an upgrade when
I will be out of town for a couple weeks!
Thank you all again for the amazing group of DACs.
They were all on my horizon of considerations atone point or the other.