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Hello all, I am about to look for a used TOPPING D90 to upgrade my system. I already learned about the different models DAC-chips from SOP til now. Today I was offered a 2 year old D90 with MQA (not D90SE) purchased in January2021. The guy I talked with told me that the manual states that there...

This is a first look at the Asus MU3C-AD(M) dongle with ES9260Q DAC chip. On AliExpress it costs $20. As I'm currently incapacitated with a broken hand, these will be some basic impressions and measurements with a multimeter. If there's enough interest, then I'll do a full set of measurements...

New flagship DAC from ESS announced, now with MQA supported variants... "The ES9039MPRO & ES9039PRO provide 8 channels of Flagship ultra-low noise digital conversion with a dynamic range (DNR) of +132dB, -122dB THD+N per channel and +140B DNR in mono mode. The ES9027MPRO & ES9027PRO also...

https://forum.quantasylum.com/uploads/short-url/e9EUxkUod8AstX3q4DM5uLsmMNL.pdf That didn't take long for them to replace the QA402. THD measurements in loopback and from external source look okish but those converters are capable of much more as demonstrated by several DACs tested here and of...

Perhaps DSD playback as an audiophile practice should be made more transparent, because DSD remains with us and most DACs will support it, even very affordable phone adaptors. What exactly can be achieved by outputting DSD to the DAC, and what will the DAC do to the DSD. Many people using...