Some interesting high end Chinese DAC's

[tiguan]

One addition to my previous post;

LKS differs from the rest Gustard and Yulong by better power stage, regulation and separate power supply for analog and digital and even within digital stage crystal and the rest. They gave to clean power more importance then the others.

[r100]

what about the sound ? have you had a chance to listen to both ?
greets
ru

[Hudz]

This guy seems to know his onions Ru http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/the-darko-dac-index/

Worth a read as he is a bit more in touch with the likes of Audio gd and Yulong, I suppose being based down under helps

[r100]

hi, yep i saw Darko's list but it is a little outdated. head-fi has some information about the latest gen. They where right about the Yulong so I guess one can rely on it.
thank's

ru

[robtweed]

It would be interesting to see where Stan's Caiman II would sit in Darko's league table.

[r100]

"En effet" :-) maybe Stan could send one to Darko I'm sure it would get good marks (relative to the price)

[tiguan]

what about the sound ? have you had a chance to listen to both ?
greets
ru

I listened LKS kit and LKS MH DA002 and Yulong D18
Lks MH da 002 > LKS kit = Yulong d18
But have to tell LKS kit was made with a stock power stage. Deserves a better power regulation.
Additionally by opamp rolling ( both chip and discrete opamps) you will be surprised. For LKS da002 and kit it is easy no need soldering skill

[Mr.Ian]

Bumping an old thread, what's new; how do the topping dacs compare to Chord for example