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Mar
Mar
We have updated the DAC comparison, buyers guide and added recent models. Have a look at the new buyers guide here: https://hifimediy.com/dac-comparison-and-buyers-guide/
Category Archives: DAC’s
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Sep
Sep
edit: For sale now here The ESS Sabre ES9038PRO chip has received a lot of attention and praised as the most important new DAC chip in ages. It offers such great performance and features so this is easy to understand. Depending on how the chip is used it can achieve up to 140dB dynamic range, [read more]
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Mar
Mar
New Hifime Sabre 9018 DAC! Background The new Hifime Sabre 9018 DAC is a great sounding audiophile DAC at an unbelievable price. We have picked the most important features to include in this DAC be able to make a incredible sounding DAC at this low price. It comes in a new nice looking case which is [read more]
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Mar
Mar
This is the Android compatibility list we started in 2015 for Android devices. All the previous user comments have been copied below, and you can from now on (March 2020) add new comment in the new comment system (based on WordPress) below. 2020 update As of 2020 more phones works with Android DACs. We will [read more]
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Jan
Jan
We are proud to be releasing several new DAC’s made with the Sabre ES9018K2M DAC chip. This chip has great specs like 127dB DNR, -120dB THD+N and patented Time Domain Jitter Eliminator. First out is Hifime 9018, which uses the same small compact box as our U2 and UAE23 Sabre dac’s. We used a double PCB to be able to fit in this [read more]
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Jan
Jan
We have made a new version version of the optical/coaxial input ES9023 DAC, this time in a case and with an added headphone amplifier. It has a trafo inside, so it runs on mains voltage directly. The left knob switches between standby, optical and the two coaxial inputs, the right is a volume knob that [read more]
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Dec
Dec
We’ll help you celebrating christmas with the new version of our externally powered Sabre dac. We have included a headphone amp in this new version, and made it fit the same box as the UD20 amplifier uses. The volume knob controls the headphone out only, so the direct line out on the back is not [read more]
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Sep
Sep
USB transfer modes has received a lot of interest and attention recently and “Asynchronous DAC’s” has been praised and hyped for it’s superior performance. However there seems to be a lot of confusion around asynchronous USB Audio. There is a good and explaining article at EDN network about USB Audio. Here’s a short explanation: There are 4 [read more]
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Sep
Sep
Savitech has released Windows ASIO drivers for the SA9023 USB receiver. It can be downloaded here. ASIO drivers provides lower latency by bypassing the normal audio path in windows. However it is not required to use ASIO, the Savitech SA9023 devices also works with the native USB audio drivers. Asio drivers is is only recommended [read more]
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