30-Dec-2015, 09:45
(28-Dec-2015, 22:51)Audiofan Wrote: I have a Hifime 9018D DAC for 110 euros, Toslink cable by Lifatec, works extremely perfectly with DIALOG up to 32/192, DSD32, with higher rates has DIALOG problems, when players have Audirvana on MacPro.
Sound quality has become very much better! But soldering quality of Hifime 9018D is very very bad, I would have already DAC repair itself.
Great that you found the sound quality to be as good as i did,
But, sadly yes, my Hifime 9018D has a problem too, it drops out at random. vvery annoying !
I went back to using my previous little Hifime dac ,i forget the model number , it is also an ESS chip but only accepts up to 96khz.
It does not drop out at all and the sound is fabulous .
I am not great at soldering so i will be returning my bad 9018D for a new one.
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