I doubt there will be any for sale, unless someone is upgrading. It gives such good musical enjoyment and IMHO if somebody to upgrade, he has to spent fair amount to get not so much of improvement.
I love my DA100, as it is one of the best buys I had recently!
I do not have experience on Zhaolu but there are very good reviews. Musiland has wealth of features and very good clarity and details. Only problem is its slightly bright sound. It can be corrected to an extent if you swap OPAMP with some laid back sound. LM5462 is the one I tried but there may be other more darker opamps too.
I do not have experience on Zhaolu but there are very good reviews. Musiland has wealth of features and very good clarity and details. Only problem is its slightly bright sound. It can be corrected to an extent if you swap OPAMP with some laid back sound. LM5462 is the one I tried but there may be other more darker opamps too.
I've heard the stock Zhaolu and it was way too bright, and supposedly the Ori-modded Zhaolu retains this brightness. I don't want ANY hint of a bright sound as my headphones are the SA5000s, so I guess the Musiland is out.
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Yeah! If you don't like coloured sound, the stello DA 100 is one of the best options. It has impressive bass response and I don't think there are very many options below 800$.
Well, a very nice Ack! dAck! 2.0 just appeared on the FS forum for a very intriguing price. I remember reading that the dAck! 2.0 has a warm sound signature that might go well with the SA5000.
I'm currently looking at either the dAck! 2.0 or the Apogee Mini-DAC. Don't both of these have a warm sound like the DA100?
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