Jun 8, 2018 · I am a self-certified “ fanboy ” of ESS Sabre DAC chip family as a DIY digital audiophile. I bought ES9018 Evaluation Board, ES9018K2M Evaluation Board, Twisted Pear Buffalo DAC kit, Buffalo II DAC kit, Chiaki Nakajima ’ s 9018 Dual Mono DAC board and his 9038PRO Dual Mono DAC board.

May 11, 2023 · This is a review and detailed measurements of the Topping D70 Pro Sabre edition balanced stereo DAC with Bluetooth. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $699. Topping hugely steps up the look of their DACs with inclusion of a high resolution, high contrast LCD that can show different...

Feb 4, 2020 · In short, the Matrix X-SABRE Pro (MQA) is a remarkable DAC that should be considered by anyone in the market for a serious, resolving (and seriously resolving) audiophile DAC. 1. Most speaker listening was done on KEF Reference 1 speakers with an …

Dec 20, 2022 · "The new kid on the block also benefits from a top-spec, 32-bit DAC chipset from ESS Sabre, along with proprietary circuitry that aims to reduce noise and boost dynamic range." the way that is written is that the DAC is much better ES9038Q2M than …

Oct 7, 2022 · Here is another review, measurements-based, of the Matrix Audio X-SABRE 3 DAC and streamer. This unit has been kindly loaned to me by @Audiophonics for the purpose of this review. This is the third version since the original X-SABRE Pro, which has been initially released in 2017 and by the way, one of the very first ES9038 PRO implementations ...

Jun 4, 2023 · How is ESS Sabre Hi-Fi 9118 DAC chip in your opinion?How does it rate in terms of ESS chips and AKM comparisons? I usually NEVER use motherboard audio, but this time I am actually pretty impressed. Even compared to Saffire Pro 40 that I really like for its' midrange and such a deep and full low end.Sabre 9118 cleans up the transients, and ...

Jan 18, 2024 · TOPPING D90 III Sabre Measurements The DAC has two output setting modes. One that provides max of 5 volts nominal and one that is 4 volts. For fairness I tested using the latter. DAC was allowed to warm up which improved its performance by about 1 dB. As usual, we start with our dashboard:

Feb 13, 2016 · The AUDIOPHONICS DAC I-Sabre ES9038Q2M finally brings good performance to HAT DACs. It rivals the performance of the higher priced DACs from Allo and Orchard Audio but at lower cost. Of course for this kind of money you could get an external DAC and get similar performance. Then again you would not have such a compact package.

Nov 14, 2019 · That is an excellent dac, that not only measures well but has also received high subjective praise from SBAF (another forum), that uses the Schiit Yggy as the standard best dac. I am NOT saying I agree with SBAF lol. Suprised you are not happy with the X26, though.

The ES9016 SABRE 32 Ultra DAC is a high-performance 32-bit, 8-channel audio D/A converter targeted for consumer applications such as Blu-ray player, audio pre-amplifier, A/V receiver and professional applications such as recording systems, mixer consoles and …