I bought one just for the hell of it:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ES9018K2M-ES9018-I2S-input-DAC-decoder-board-Support-IIS-32bit-384K-DSD64-K9/222294231834?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131227121020%26meid%3D1c7ea95176eb41fab614c12637da2b3c%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D172299789707
Works without fuss with Amanero USB audio board which cost 5 times as much! Ideal for a portable 9V dac.
Doesn't sound as good stock as more expensive dacs but I shall try to improve it.
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Topic - $14 ESS9018 dac - fmak 01:45:15 12/20/16 (51)
- In 6 months you will get one for the same price with: - Ric Schultz 19:34:19 12/21/16 (38)
- Only thing missing is a U208 XMOS... - Ivan303 07:05:00 12/22/16 (0)
- Interesting - fmak 05:25:43 12/22/16 (0)
- Oppo Sonica DAC with flagship ESS ES9038PRO SABRE DAC - RadioWonder 05:11:35 12/22/16 (35)
- We'll have to see about that. I'm anxious to hear one - AbeCollins 10:21:41 12/22/16 (0)
- GUSTARD DAC-X20U - RadioWonder 05:32:33 12/22/16 (33)
- RE: GUSTARD DAC-X20U - fmak 05:56:00 12/22/16 (32)
- Oppo Sonica DAC - RadioWonder 06:08:16 12/22/16 (31)
- RE: Oppo Sonica DAC - Ric Schultz 18:47:37 12/22/16 (18)
- RE: "the really hot thing is using HQplayer in a high powered Windows 10 machine... - Ivan303 21:18:28 12/22/16 (17)
- RE: "the really hot thing is using HQplayer in a high powered Windows 10 machine... - AbeCollins 06:20:41 12/23/16 (16)
- Have you tried upsampling to DSD 512? - Ivan303 06:55:23 12/23/16 (15)
- RE: Have you tried upsampling to DSD 512? - AbeCollins 09:56:38 12/23/16 (7)
- OK, you need to back up a bit.... - Ivan303 11:25:23 12/23/16 (1)
- RE: OK, you need to back up a bit.... - AbeCollins 12:49:44 12/23/16 (0)
- Yes, you've said that many times, but it's not a great review of - oldmkvi 10:21:03 12/23/16 (4)
- No, you have it all wrong.... - AbeCollins 12:45:39 12/23/16 (2)
- RE: "My PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC does not convert to DSD." - Ivan303 15:05:02 12/23/16 (1)
- RE: "My PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC does not convert to DSD." - AbeCollins 15:17:57 12/23/16 (0)
- Alan has the same DAC as I have, Audio-GD Master 7... - Ivan303 11:27:52 12/23/16 (0)
- It was no problem to get 4X DSD on Exa E22 on my IMac. - oldmkvi 09:52:40 12/23/16 (6)
- "2.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz)" - Ivan303 16:22:50 12/23/16 (5)
- RE: "2.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz)" - AbeCollins 16:40:46 12/23/16 (4)
- We were just speculating on the use of the new GUSTARD DAC-X20U.... - Ivan303 19:25:11 12/23/16 (3)
- RE: We were just speculating on the use of the new GUSTARD DAC-X20U.... - AbeCollins 10:22:29 12/24/16 (1)
- RE: We were just speculating on the use of the new GUSTARD DAC-X20U.... - Ivan303 11:45:07 12/24/16 (0)
- XMOS v Amanero - fmak 07:58:18 12/24/16 (0)
- Interesting that it really doesn't replace the HA-1 as I see no headphone jacu in the front... - Ivan303 07:12:01 12/22/16 (11)
- RE: Interesting that it really doesn't replace the HA-1 as I see no headphone jacu in the front... - AbeCollins 14:33:55 12/22/16 (5)
- I'm not convinced that you dislike Delta Sigma DACs - fmak 21:48:11 12/22/16 (4)
- RE: I'm not convinced that you dislike Delta Sigma DACs - AbeCollins 08:44:26 12/23/16 (0)
- Thanks for coming to my defense, Fred... - Ivan303 07:45:04 12/23/16 (2)
- RE: Thanks for coming to my defense, Fred... - fmak 05:53:28 12/24/16 (1)
- All true, but the USB to I2S card in the Gustard X20 Pro... - Ivan303 07:19:21 12/24/16 (0)
- Do you dislike DSD or Delta-Sigma, or both? - oldmkvi 08:37:28 12/22/16 (4)
- I've heard good sounding DSD DACs... - Ivan303 09:08:22 12/22/16 (3)
- RE: I've heard good sounding DSD DACs... - oldmkvi 09:28:10 12/22/16 (2)
- RE: I've heard good sounding DSD DACs... - AbeCollins 10:18:36 12/23/16 (0)
- In and of itself, DSD is clearly superior to PCM... - Ivan303 10:00:12 12/22/16 (0)
- Swapped - fmak 05:21:52 12/20/16 (11)
- "homemade dual opamps." - Ugly 07:45:07 12/21/16 (10)
- RE: "homemade dual opamps." - fmak 09:29:08 12/21/16 (9)
- RE: "homemade dual opamps." - sailor321 16:38:31 12/21/16 (8)
- RE: "homemade dual opamps." - AbeCollins 23:18:05 12/21/16 (6)
- Please - not another AC/fmak playground spat. PLEASE. - Ryelands 04:24:15 12/22/16 (2)
- That would require a couple billion dollar investment in a semiconductor fab. - fmak 04:49:23 12/22/16 (1)
- Fmak is BACK!!! - Ivan303 07:33:32 12/22/16 (0)
- Personally, I've never heard of such a thing - fmak 03:54:37 12/22/16 (2)
- RE: Personally, I've never heard of such a thing - AbeCollins 12:30:18 12/22/16 (1)
- RE: Personally, I've never heard of such a thing - fmak 21:50:39 12/22/16 (0)
- RE: "homemade dual opamps." - fmak 22:42:59 12/21/16 (0)