OldBigEars Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 On 7/24/2020 at 1:30 AM, DuckToller said: Hi @wbh Listening to the Allo Revolution since 10 days It uses the ESS9038q2m and allows you to feed it with up to DSD512., which I provide via Roon upsampling to a Gentoo player flavored RPi4 as endpoint. + SQ is nothing short of exciting, given the price point. -/+ It is USB only, unbalanced out. + Concentration on the straightforward solution + Comes with a remote. + Allows you to tinker with filters and harmonics setup. Yesterday I received another ESS9038q2m DAC from Soncoz, the LA-QXD1, which is the new company of Ben, the designer of the Khadas Tone Board Dac. Just from the outside impression it's an excellent machined unit, with multiple inputs (USB/Coax/Toslink) and balanced and unbalanced analogue output. Plus coaxial digital out. The unit provides the full power of the ESS chip with DSD512 and PCM 32/768 via USB, 24/192 via Coax/optical in. No remote. Not connected yet, therefore no sq impressions. Both DACs are below 300 USD. The Soncoz even at 199$. Cheers, Tom I’ve heard good things about Ben and his new Soncoz DACs. Let us know how it sounds. Tidal / Qobuz--> Roon--> Fios Gigabit--> Netgear Prosafe GS105 --> Supra 8-->EtherRegen --> Fiber--> opticalRendu / CI Audio LPS --> Curious Evolved Link --> Chord Qutest--> AQ Water --> Belles Aria Integrated--> AQ Robin Hood--> Kudos Super 20's Link to comment
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