This is a review and measurements of Nobsound NS-DAC3 Pro DAC and headphone amplifier. It is on kind loan from a member. I see it on Amazon for USD $140 with free shipping from China.
This is the type of DAC you see in tons of Chinese websites with tempting features for the price. As you can imagine, there is nothing glamorous about such products. The packaging is as cheap as you can get. There is even a small CD with the drivers for your nostalgic feelings about computing days long gone. A couple of photocopied pages complete the picture as far as the manual is concerned.
The metal enclosure is not bad though and brings some uniqueness in this super crowded market:
As you can see, increasingly we see Bluetooth added to these small DACs. Also nice is dual headphone jacks.
In the back we have the usual S/PDIF, Toslink and USB inputs.
Anyway, let's see how she measures.
Measurements
Here is the dashboard view using the headphone jack...