S.M.S.L SU-9n ES9038PRO XMOS XU208 Bluetooth 5.0 SMSL DSD512 RCA/XLR LDAC APTX/HD Decoder High Resolution Audio DAC

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S.M.S.L SU-9n ES9038PRO XMOS XU208 Bluetooth 5.0 SMSL DSD512 RCA/XLR LDAC APTX/HD Decoder High...

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Pros

This is endgame gear for me. Most ess dacs aren't as well implemented as this. This unit is very well crafted with precise engineering.

Imaging is excellent, it's super exciting to close my eyes and just envision the soundstage. This dac is no slouch with traditional forms of music either. It really shines in highly dynamic and suddenly silent passages.

Cons

I'm at fault here for believing that a 3rd dac from them wouldn't fail. It fail on me literally 50 days into owning it. Unit occasionally hiccups during playback, like acd skip.

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Quality

Volume knob is nice, case is smooth and without defect.

The on-board firmware is easy to work with and has a good number of features including brickwall filter.

Infinity primus 362 floorstanding speakers and sometimes polk csi300 floorstanders.

I move the bluetooth signal to the tv which fixed the issue but caused a huge sound delay.

Price

All in all this dac is a keeper and an absolute bargain without the mqa nonsense!

Competitiveness

But that is easy to overlook for what is one of the best dacs on the market right now for the price.

I was really worried i wouldn't really be able to tell the difference between the e30 and this one.

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This product had a total of 86 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 22 2024.