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Here you go. Z3 with CS43198. No LPF op amp i see. Sold for 298 yuan (approx. $50). Will update an international purchase link if there's any.

New version available for the U1. Now comes with CS43198.

Heads up... DSDs dual Cirrus Logic's flagship, CS43198. Sold for 499 yuan (approx. $80). No international purchasement link available yet, but get your money ready, folks.

Glad to hear it, MilkMan. I guess China's market is really random after all.

Zishan sort files are based on the date it was created. So you have to manually place your music one-by-one from your storage to your SD card. I know it's kinda lame but that's what it is. FYI, i put my zishans on shuffle. So i don't have to keep in mind about non-alphabetical file sort orders.

Z3 CS43198 on AE: US $38.63 37%OFF | Zishan Z3 AK4493/AK4490/CS43198 MP3 HIFI DSD Professional Music Player Support Amplifier DAC AK4490 DSD256 With OLED Zishan T1 https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOol9Bf $40 is a good price. Maybe I'll get one and make a review about it. . It seems that ZiShan...

There's a community that really admired the sound of AD8066. Maybe you can try those as the LPF section. Nice. Now the 2.5 balanced out of the 4499 is useful. But i don't really see a "trusty" reputation there. Is it safe?

Yeah. If only it supports various sampling rates (not a fixed one) and both; the optical and coaxial ports, are inputs, this would be a very success product. Too unfortunate that they only make the U1 supports high sampling rates. Perhaps in the next MD2?

Thanks for the heads up. I hope this will help buyers out there who had a little problem using it with linux. I'll add the firmware to the main thread.

Hello Gene6ix, The green one is the LPF, while the red one is the AMP op amp. I hope this helps.

Alright then. I'll be waiting, MilkMan.

Don't worry about it. I believe that audio is a very subjective matter. If one doesn't like it, that's fine, no big deal for me. We should respect everyone's review and experience.

Looks good. I wonder if it'll be for sale on AE. So far it's a promising chifi DAP. Well try DSDs with AK4499, ZiShan's current flagship. Paired with Ghost audio AD3 sounds good though, but with HELM DB12 THX AAA sounds interesting, as it'll be like: AK4499 + THX AAA.

Hello, Well it's impossible to find the T1's battery on aliexpress since it's custom made. However, i think this is a good battery for your need: https://id.aliexpress.com/i/32884991559.html