Hi,
this is my first post.
A short time ago on the recommendation of a couple of members of the AOS forum I ordered an Xiang Sheng DAC 01 off ebay, choosing the only EU supplier I could find to avoid import duty had I bought from China based suppliers.
Unfortunately when the DAC arrived it turn out to be faulty being unable to produce any sound output via the optical input. The rest of the DAC and headphone amp are still functional. When I contacted the seller they turned out to be based in China, they asked that I returned the DAC to China but when checking postage rates the cost was extortionate and the seller wouldn’t agreee to reimburse me, as an alternative to an expensive return the seller offered to send a replacement circuit board free of charge, wanting a quick resolution I agreed and the circuit board should be with me in the next 1-2 weeks.
I was wondering if anyone on the forum has had experience of doing a circuit board swap on this or a similar XS DAC and can advise me what it entails as I would prefer to do the work myself, the seller states they will send instructions but I expect these to get corrupted in the translation from Chinese so may not be as useful as I’d like.
Any insight or help would be appreciated.
Regards
Steve
this is my first post.
A short time ago on the recommendation of a couple of members of the AOS forum I ordered an Xiang Sheng DAC 01 off ebay, choosing the only EU supplier I could find to avoid import duty had I bought from China based suppliers.
Unfortunately when the DAC arrived it turn out to be faulty being unable to produce any sound output via the optical input. The rest of the DAC and headphone amp are still functional. When I contacted the seller they turned out to be based in China, they asked that I returned the DAC to China but when checking postage rates the cost was extortionate and the seller wouldn’t agreee to reimburse me, as an alternative to an expensive return the seller offered to send a replacement circuit board free of charge, wanting a quick resolution I agreed and the circuit board should be with me in the next 1-2 weeks.
I was wondering if anyone on the forum has had experience of doing a circuit board swap on this or a similar XS DAC and can advise me what it entails as I would prefer to do the work myself, the seller states they will send instructions but I expect these to get corrupted in the translation from Chinese so may not be as useful as I’d like.
Any insight or help would be appreciated.
Regards
Steve
Sorry I wasn’t sure where to put the post, I posted it here as the XS is a valve DAC.
The unit powers up, valve lights up, get output ok when connecting up an analogue source to the Aux input, both tube and solid state output, just no response from the optical input
Relocated to Digital Line Level.Took the lid off mine and it looks a little different from your photo, the wiring on mine looks neater and there is a small separate circuit board above the main board for the usb input1 or 2 good pics ,1h for the job ,easy !
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