SMSL DS100

[firewrath9]

DS100

Foshan ShuangMuSanLin electronics Co., LTD. founded in 2009 which located in Shenzhen, China. And our branch company VMV Technology(HK) Company Limited registered in HK in 2013. Our company is specialized in the audio DAC, stereo headphone amplifier, power amplifier, and with own R&D...

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SMSL DS100 DS43131 Decoder Chip DSD512 Coaxial Headphone Amplifier

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Anyone seen any reviews, know how this is? looking for something small and compact for college.

 

[staticV3]

Hi @firewrath9! Welcome to ASR.

AFAIK, the DS100 has not yet shipped to customers, so you'd have to wait a bit for reviews to be published.

If you want to buy something now, then take a look at the Topping DX1 or SMSL D12. Here are reviews:

https://www.l7audiolab.com/f/topping-dx1/

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/smsl-d12-dac-headphone-amp-review.46521/

 

[audiofun]

The product looks interesting but they didn't spec the headphone out power.
Looks like a cheaper version of M300SE but lacks remote and XLR balanced output.
It would be easy to convert SE to BAL with just a matching resistor, but the product spec also didn't mention its output impedance

 

[TonyJZX]

i again question why this product exists and why other products FROM THE SAME COMPANY cant do a cheaper and more fully feautered job

this unit lacks bluetooth as well

also its not a 'portable music player' at all

its neither portable nor can it play music by itself

 

[Dunring]

On Amazon you can get a used with warranty SMSL C200 for $109 and it's better in every way. I have two of them and as a DAC it's great to have the amp function as a backup plan in case an amplifier fails, least you have something ready to go.

 

[firewrath9]

On Amazon you can get a used with warranty SMSL C200 for $109 and it's better in every way. I have two of them and as a DAC it's great to have the amp function as a backup plan in case an amplifier fails, least you have something ready to go.

Hi, I only see an amazon for $165 for the C200, can't find any used ones. Do you mind dropping a link? Thanks

 

[firewrath9]

The product looks interesting but they didn't spec the headphone out power.
Looks like a cheaper version of M300SE but lacks remote and XLR balanced output.
It would be easy to convert SE to BAL with just a matching resistor, but the product spec also didn't mention its output impedance

yah its $40 less than the m300 se, but im wondering how it compares and if they are any issues or not. Balanced is not a big deal to me and I have heard of some problems with the m300 se. Thanks

 

[TonyJZX]

also they are doing the DL100 which is probably the same architecture ie. i bet they are slab copying some of the schematics

SMSL's new products DL100 DAC

I received a promotional email from SMSL. According to the email, they will introduce a new decoder with HDMI (ARC) input at the end of May. I don't quite understand the significance of this interface for a decoder. Is it meaningful? Would anyone connect a DAC to a TV?

www.audiosciencereview.com

this one should like $149 given its in the shell of the DL200 so more features

 

[nsfgp]

Saw a pic on Amazon so just put it here FYI.

 

[TonyJZX]

effectively half the price of the DL100

that has 4 'processors', this has one

if you dont need the frills of the DL100 i suppose this would work fine, sound the same

 

[LongKick64]

Will this device be much worse than Topping DX3 Pro+?

 

[LongKick64]

On Amazon you can get a used with warranty SMSL C200 for $109 and it's better in every way. I have two of them and as a DAC it's great to have the amp function as a backup plan in case an amplifier fails, least you have something ready to go.

Could you compare the sound of the C200 and DS100?