http://hifimediy.com/sabre-dac-uae23

dunno how they compare

Still about the same price of the E10k, although I know it's just a DAC, no amp

In the UK anyway

Its a better DAC than thats in the E10k tho

That said, I don't think you'd really hear much difference between either of those ES chips anyway

Welcome @optimate!

tbh the 9023 DAC and a DIY 02 is probably the most cheapo setup to go against shit like Schiit stacks and Odac/O2 combos

im surprised SMSL don't jump on the Sabre hypetrain and make some cheaper combo units

Epiphany Audio are dead

And O2s are pretty much the same cost as schiit here

DIY sounds interesting though

yeah DIY o2's are only 50 USD

not including a POT knob or a casing

brb

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Welcome <@167451934092034049>!

>tfw DHL sms

>tfw my chink stuff arrived

>dhl

@porco what did you goddamn order

that had dhl deliver

15 x Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 PRO

one for me, one for my gf and 13 for ebay

nice

>order something big on gearbest

>they ask me to do verification

>but im in my parents house and got no bill

what do

pre-pay

they never ask for verification if you pay in advance

why does paypal still have bullshit service charges when most things with alipay is free?

they gotta make money somehow

aliexpress makes its money on the products

i feel like paypal is outdated

Welcome @Flycheese!

aliexpress makes money off alipay

by ensuring that the sellers wont chink you

so they act as insurance

knowing you'll buy from aliexpress forever

luckily in china, everyone uses alipay for everything because of free service charges,. can bring it up on my phone in a retail store and they scan my QR code