LKS MH-DA004 available : Standard version http://www.ebay.fr/itm/L-K-S-Audio-MH-DA004-Dual-ES9038pro-Flagship-DAC-DSD-I2S-Standard-USB-Edition-/182499967223?hash=item2a7dd880f7:g:3lgAAOSwTM5Y05Gd Upgraded version...

Audio-GD has annonced their first R2R resistors ladder DAC, It's the first of a new serie.           Singularity 19 Dedicated Discrete R2R DAC Fully programmable hardware design ,support future upgrade without hardware modify Built in 4 PCs 3072KHz support R-2R  DA M1 modules...

If you think the price is high for the headphones, you should see the one for the amplifier. The EF1000 price is only 15.000$, and at that price the set is still not their top end. I think it is a good joke from Hifiman :)  

EAR Yoshino V12

AUDIO-GD has just annonced they will sell their first R2R DIY module, DA-M1. As always the price is very tight : 29.8$ without resistor 43.8$ with 0.1% resistor     Summarize： Applied programmable chip , up to 450MHz working frequency, offer strong ability and can through the codes...

There is a projet that turn a sacd player into a ripper http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f11-software/sacd-ripping-using-oppo-or-pioneer-yes-its-true-29251/

A 5% off on Aliexpress, it is a 220V : Holo Audio Spring L1 at $1,377.48 and L2 at $1,570.33  

Or you can have a better deal with Shenzenaudio : 1500$ for a L1 and 1653$ for a L2

No official dealer/seller in EU, but you can buy one from a good taobao agent for around 1550$ for a L1 and 1750$ for a L2, that price is including paypal fee and shipping cost.

A mini version of this DAC (LKS MH-003 MINI)              

I think it is a special order, because no one is using silver in power transformer. Even in highend DAC like Trinity GTE, Gryphon Galliope, MBL 1611... there are using cooper transformer. So you need to contact the supplier and ask them a price quote for a special order.   Since october the...

In PCM format for each frequency we have a depth encoded on 8bits or 16bits or 24bits or more   When it come to DSD, as it is using only 1bit, you need to use PDM : 1 = the pitch is moving up and 0 = is moving down. For example in DSD 64 each frequency is sampled 64 times to determinated the...

(like I said :"But you need to remember, the decoder is only doing a part of the work and the preamp section is far more important in the final sound reproduction").   A FPGA will decode a DSD file like a normal DSP will do, but it will cost you more time to process the data and also will be...

Still on the way to France... It is coming from China. I don't care about DSD, because there is no much DSD native musique, most of DSD are remasterized from an old 44khz/16bits master or new 352khz/24bits master.   There is no reason to use R2R for DSD, R2R is only good for PCM. (A Delta...

A FPGA one bit DAC projet http://fpga4fun.com/PWM_DAC.html   Since DSD is using only one bit, it only needs to reprogramme the FPGA   But I don't understand why people want a R2R DSD DAC and specialy for DSD use only. A good ES9018 DAC will performe better and for cheaper.

The Holo Spring LV3 is more expansive than a Yggdrasil or Master 7. Schiit is also offering some cheap multibit dac (249$ for Modi 2 multibit) ! And there is another chinese R2R DAC (Denafrips ARES), twice cheaper than Spring.

MQA is a streaming HQ file format. Since this DAC do not have any streaming capability, I do not think you will ever see this technology in this DAC.   And if you really want to use MQA you need to look for a compatible player instead

It is a Audio Alto PP50

No you can not use a standard hdmi device on a I2S hdmi receiver   standard hdmi   I2S

A nice DIY amp

Auris HA-2 SE   Line Magnetic WE212 Amp

Someone on Feliks Audio Elise thread gave a feedback on this EL3N 12871765    

The M1060 looks very interesting.   The driver specifications are near of a LCD2 : driver size : 106mm SPL : 130db Impedance : 70ohm

From what I understand : a FPGA is a programmable processor, and you can use it as well as the main processor in a R2R DAC or a Delta Sigma DAC. If you do a search on the net you can see several projets using a FPGA as decoder in a R2R DAC or a Delta Sigma DAC.

I do not know what about Fan, but about the single ended socket : post_9784642