[Jon L]

http://www.diykits.com.hk/dac.html

Eddie at DiyKits is now selling this $20 "DAC in the Box", which he says sounds similar to Zhaolu. One can operate it with an outboard 12V SLA battery.

It appears to use good-quality parts, such as CS8416 receiver chip, CS4397 DAC chip. The super-short signal path and battery power should make it interesting. Any Zhaolu owners wanna give it shot?

 

[RogerWilco]

Now that is small.Nice price too!

 

[Sinwerm]

For twenty bucks ? How far wrong could one go ? I may have to consider this just for the sake of practice with modding. It would be a hell of a fun project to mod this thing and if I destroy it , well it's not a great loss. Nice find.

 

[device manager]

Don't forget that shipping to the USA adds another $75 (which I assume is Honk Kong dollars so that is $9.65US) to make it a total of $35.65

It still seems like a hot deal!

 

[Teerawit]

Speedpost rate to America for 0.25 kg is 123 Hong Kong dollars.

 

[Sinwerm]

Seems to be a different rate for shipping to N.Y. (go figure) 123 HKD coverts to 16 USD. Thats with speedpost though , takes about 2 days to N.Y. as I remember.

Damn , this is tempting ya know ? Well since I will be doing surgery on my D 2.0C in about an hour (bridging DC blocking caps , perhaps remove the LED console also) I think I will hold off for now. Have you done this yet Device Manager ?

EDIT is my math off ? The list is for 450 HKD = 20 USD for the DAC itself. What exchange rate are they useing to get that number.

 

[el_monkey]

Is it me or is the currency conversion wrong on the DIYKITS page http://www.diykits.com.hk/dac.html? Using a online currency converter 450 HKD equals 58 USD.

 

[Sinwerm]

Quote:

Originally Posted by el_monkey Is it me or is the currency conversion wrong on the DIYKITS page http://www.diykits.com.hk/dac.html? Using a online currency converter 450 HKD equals 58 USD.

Same thought , same time.

 

[el_monkey]

You think that they meant 150 HKD, which would equal 20 USD?

 

[Sinwerm]

Must be a typo the rest of the conversion prices are right for the other products , maybe it actually costs 58 USD. That would seem a little more inline for a DAC no ? 20 does seem wildly low to me anyway. Hmm....

 

[RedLeader]

how exactly would one find the correct price? Email them? And is purchasing just done by sending them money through paypal with a note for what its for?

 

[soloz2]

I'm interested in that too... how exactly do you buy one? I might pick one up... for the price you can't complain.

and anyone think it's worth the extra price for the battery?

 

[Jon L]

Quote:

Originally Posted by soloz2 I'm interested in that too... how exactly do you buy one? I might pick one up... for the price you can't complain. and anyone think it's worth the extra price for the battery?

Just buy a huge 12V SLA battery that will last forever, like this one for $10
http://www.batterymart.com/battery.mv?p=SLA-12V7-F1

 

[soloz2]

so how do you order?

 

[device manager]

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Originally Posted by soloz2 so how do you order?

Did you click on the contact page?

You can also try emailing Eddie directly.