So I have some particularly shiny "audiophile" RCA interconnects lying around unused and was thinking to get a cheap DAC so I can have an optionally functional decoration 
My first thought was the well known Ding Shine D2, which is ES9018K2M limited to 24bit/96kHz by USB bridge chip, and which I could get during current promo for $19 shipped. However when looking for it I ran into a mysterious W510_9018 combo which supposedly runs ES9018 (likely K2M) with CT7601 for higher bit depth/sample rate, and as combo it has headphone out which claims to output 4.25Vrms, and that would be $27 shipped for me.
Here is the global page AliExpress link to the combo with specs, the rendered marketing pics are clearly a low quality work
It appears to be WimLim brand, although they don't list any specs at all
https://www.wimlim.com/product/dac/es9018_dac.html
I probably won't buy anything at all, since I don't really need it, but that is cheap for the output voltage, and even has separate secondary USB C for power input. I couldn't find anything about it really, but maybe someone else know something? It doesn't appear to be new, any experience? Even just if it has flat frequency and no audible issues? I miss being able to recommend such a cheap combo to my friends, although I wouldn't without measurements or trying it myself anyway. In a way I find this combo to be possibly more exciting than a new $200+ Topping or SMSL releases (not complaining though).
My first thought was the well known Ding Shine D2, which is ES9018K2M limited to 24bit/96kHz by USB bridge chip, and which I could get during current promo for $19 shipped. However when looking for it I ran into a mysterious W510_9018 combo which supposedly runs ES9018 (likely K2M) with CT7601 for higher bit depth/sample rate, and as combo it has headphone out which claims to output 4.25Vrms, and that would be $27 shipped for me.Here is the global page AliExpress link to the combo with specs, the rendered marketing pics are clearly a low quality work
It appears to be WimLim brand, although they don't list any specs at all
https://www.wimlim.com/product/dac/es9018_dac.html
I probably won't buy anything at all, since I don't really need it, but that is cheap for the output voltage, and even has separate secondary USB C for power input. I couldn't find anything about it really, but maybe someone else know something? It doesn't appear to be new, any experience? Even just if it has flat frequency and no audible issues? I miss being able to recommend such a cheap combo to my friends, although I wouldn't without measurements or trying it myself anyway. In a way I find this combo to be possibly more exciting than a new $200+ Topping or SMSL releases (not complaining though).
