About this deal
At the heart of this DAC, the ESS ES9038PRO is aided by the ES9311 "ultra-low noise" linear regulator to provide reference voltage to the DAC. Headphone amplifier is based on the TI TPA6120A2.
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VI. Summary - Part II
Think about computers. No one wants a vacuum tube computer for computation. It might be cool to own one as it would be cool to own an Antithykera replica. But technology moves forward.
I really liked my X16, but I'm liking this more, and I'm sure the ES9038PRO has much to do with it.Over the last few years, we have seen an impressive proliferation of high resolution DACs at very reasonable price points coming from audio companies in China. In the world of consumer electronics, this should surprise nobody given that much of our technological products hail from that part of the world. Everything from Apple phones, to computer motherboards, to high-tech multinationals like AMD and Intel having manufacturing and assembly lines there.