A real shocker in the world of ladder R2R DACs: Vinshine Audio to part ways immediately with Denafrips! This comes as a shock as any audiophile who loves his R2R sound, at some point was very close to one of the most famous ladder DACs out there: Denafrips.
But, as of now, you could not get too close to Denafrips themselves, as all customer service and sales, presales and additional support, was done through Singapore based Vinshine Audio. We all lived in times when if you wanted an Enyo, Ares, Pontus, Venus or Terminator DAC, you needed to get in touch with Vinshine at some point. And don’t get me wrong, their service was amazing, even I recently had a situation with one of my Denafrips DACs and they were great in providing the much-needed support.
However, this seems to have stopped, Vinshine will no longer be this unique connection point to Denafrips, in fact they will no longer be anything when comes to Denafrips, they will no longer sell Denafrips products.
We just finished watching Alvin Chee, the founder of Vinshine Audio, making a clear statement in a YouTube video just posted on their channel. Alvin, with deep emotion in his voice, stated: “Farewell to Denafrips”. However, he made it clear that all customers who previously purchased Denafrips products from Vinshine will be supported further, but all new sales of Denafrips products will be done through Denafrips’ website directly.
So, what do we reckon will happen? Will this be the end of Vinshine Audio? We sincerely do not believe so. Vinshine Audio are professional and already have serious brands in their portfolio: LHY Audio, Kinki Studio, Volumio, Jay’s Audio and Choco Sound – when you mix all these brands with a proper customer support that Vinshine Audio provides, only good things should happen, right?
Furthermore, we predict only great achievements for both Vinshine and Denafrips (separately), but rest assured, we will remain in a state of shock at least for a few days.
