Hi
Before commenting on my problem or my doubt, I must first say that my budget for what I am looking for is a maximum of 100 dollars. because i bought a smsl sp200 amplifier and i need a good DAC to match it for my hifiman sundara headphones. and i want a DAC that will match my smsl sp200 well for great sound and MQA compatibility. but searching I have only been able to find a dac dongle at the price of 100 dollars and they support MQA and I would have to buy an RCA to 3.5mm cable to connect it with my smsl sp200.
But I have heard that dac dongles do not have much life and the truth is that I do not know anything about dac dongles, I do not know which brand is good or which one is worth it. Now looking for a desktop DAC and the only decent Dac I found for $100 was the Topping D10s mini and I know it doesn't support MQA but I've heard it's a good Dac for dsd and flac. and about dac dongles I found many references that I have no idea which one is good:
-TempoTec Sonata HD V
-ASUS ROG Clavis USB-C Gaming DAC
-HELM Bolt Audio DAC/AMP, USB-C MQA
-TempoTec Sonata MHD MQA 8X
-HIDIZS S3 PRO DAC MQA 8x
Those are the dac dongles at the price that I can buy because there are other more expensive ones but my budget is 100 dollars.
Now my question is the following: What do you recommend me to buy better, the Topping D10s mini dac or any of the dac dongles that I mentioned? and which of those dongle dac is the best in sound and durability?
Before commenting on my problem or my doubt, I must first say that my budget for what I am looking for is a maximum of 100 dollars. because i bought a smsl sp200 amplifier and i need a good DAC to match it for my hifiman sundara headphones. and i want a DAC that will match my smsl sp200 well for great sound and MQA compatibility. but searching I have only been able to find a dac dongle at the price of 100 dollars and they support MQA and I would have to buy an RCA to 3.5mm cable to connect it with my smsl sp200.
But I have heard that dac dongles do not have much life and the truth is that I do not know anything about dac dongles, I do not know which brand is good or which one is worth it. Now looking for a desktop DAC and the only decent Dac I found for $100 was the Topping D10s mini and I know it doesn't support MQA but I've heard it's a good Dac for dsd and flac. and about dac dongles I found many references that I have no idea which one is good:
-TempoTec Sonata HD V
-ASUS ROG Clavis USB-C Gaming DAC
-HELM Bolt Audio DAC/AMP, USB-C MQA
-TempoTec Sonata MHD MQA 8X
-HIDIZS S3 PRO DAC MQA 8x
Those are the dac dongles at the price that I can buy because there are other more expensive ones but my budget is 100 dollars.
Now my question is the following: What do you recommend me to buy better, the Topping D10s mini dac or any of the dac dongles that I mentioned? and which of those dongle dac is the best in sound and durability?
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