maxxevv
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Yep on 11/11 there's single's day biggest sales time in China, you could buy a Topping DX3 which seems to be ideal for your use case. The Topping DX3 on 11/11 is $197.99 instead of $219.99, you could get $3 new customer discount and $10 11/11 discount, $8 off every $150 spent, so looking at around $175. Still a lot more than your budget..
OR like @Cahudson42 says you could get a $9 apple usb-c adapter, a 3.5mm interconnect cable and use as amp a Topping NX3S ($69,99 from amazon) or a JDS Atom (around $100). The apple usb-c is just fine, but you could later upgrade it to something else should you be so inclined... The atom also has a pre-amp function for speakers which is pretty cool.
Note that some of these coupons cannot be stacked or expire before 11.11 . So the end price may not reach the US$175 target.
From what I can see, one should be able to stack the US$3/- coupon, with the US$8/- "select coupons" onto the US$197.99 price. Giving a final price of US$186.99.