If your budget minded about your Hifi, and your on the fence weather you should upgrade your DAC (from for example from a Schiit Modi) after hearing all the hype of this Ares2, i say don't think about it just do it. Here Vinshine Audio has made the Ares2 intentionally cheap to get you to...

John Darko also reflects my findings on the newer upgrade to the D10 the D10s .... "its crisp and clean but a little bit lean on the low end its not what you would call a rich sounding dac" see John Darko's video here

Because they are cheap, the HE-4XX's will more offten be compared to phones of the same price,So comparing these to equivalently priced headphones, they sound much more controlled and precise, when going back to normal dynamic(same priced) headphones the sound is slightly flatter and duller...

Im not saying the D10 sounds terrible it has a very decent sound, the bass is there but to me it just does not sound as deep and controlled as my other DACs, but that's just my personal review. I recently got my hands on the Audioquest Dragonfly Black, which is another USB powered DAC at round...

I was looking for a cheap USB to Coaxial converter, to get 192khz on my old M-DAC/RegaDAC's, i came upon the Topping D10. It does the job required with no extra power cables needed to get it running. Its very well built, its obvious this uses off the shelf parts that you can buy from ebay, such...

Ideal for pairing with a headphone amplifier or power amplifiers, the compact Topping D10 DAC is sure to significantly improve the sound quality of your audio system. It features the well-regarded ESS ES9018K2M DAC chip, an XMOS XU208 USB interface, and a Thesycon custom driver. It can play PCM...