Eversolo has copied the RD 160 except added a lot more features…at one third the price.
Eversolo DAC Z-10
Where the DAC Z6 and DAC Z8 offered excellent performance for their price, the Z10 moves into a higher class. It uses AKM’s Velvet Sound architecture in a dual mono layout that pairs an AK4191 digital modulator with an AK4499 DAC chip for each channel. Keeping left and right fully independent from input to conversion improves separation and lowers crosstalk to extremely low levels. The DACs are clocked by an oven controlled crystal oscillator and a femtosecond grade PLL system that keep timing precise and stable.
Power is supplied by three independent linear supplies, one for the left channel, one for the right channel, and one for system control.
USB Audio in, dual coaxial in, dual optical in, I2S over HDMI, AES/EBU in, and HDMI ARC and eARC for use with a TV. The I2S input supports up to 32 bit 768 kHz PCM and DSD512 and includes eight selectable pinout modes so you can match it to your transport. There is also Bluetooth via a Qualcomm QCC5125 module with support for high quality codecs.
On the Eversolo website: THD+N at the XLR balanced output is listed as < 0.000078% (-122 dB) and at RCA output as < 0.00009% (-121 dB).
Note same AKM DAC chips as RD 160.
Three independent power supplies.
More inputs and controls.
External master clocks at 10 MHz or 25 MHz
Z-10’s distortion is way better that of the RD160. The RD160’s Total Distortion is 0.005% corresponding to a SINAD in the low-90s dB region (~86 dB) which is much less impressive than what one might expect at the price point of the RD 160.
I quote this product’s specifications not to promote it but to encourage HiFi Rose to up its game to remain competitive because predictably the ChiFi folks will copy it (and a good copy it seems to be) and sell it at a third of the HiFi Rose price.
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