I acquired a Neohippo DC10 DAC for around $50 new. It has an impressive quality case, and the sound with the stock ESS 9038Q2N Opamps is quite good. The stock opamps are socketed, so I went ahead and rolled in a set of three Texas Instruments OPA1656 DIP8 opamps for around $20.
I connected the DC10 to a WiiM Mini, and ran some tunes from Tidal. AlI can say is WOW. The sound with the new opamps is worlds ahead of the stock opamps, and better than any opamp I've been able to afford. The WOPL 400 loves this ccombonation.
I got the idea from this video:
I connected the DC10 to a WiiM Mini, and ran some tunes from Tidal. AlI can say is WOW. The sound with the new opamps is worlds ahead of the stock opamps, and better than any opamp I've been able to afford. The WOPL 400 loves this ccombonation.
I got the idea from this video: