DAC:
On the DIYINHK DAC board we can find ES9018 chip and ADP151 1.2V linear regulator (VDD) factory soldered. You have to populate the rest of the board yourself. I have soldered:
- ceramic and electrolytic noise filtering bypass capacitors,
- various resistors, mostly in the I/V stage,
- I/V stage op-amps (4xAD797)
- output signal low-pass filter capacitors.
The board is designed for 6 op-amps with SE output. I wanted differential output, so I have done some modifications, following the ES9018 demo board datasheet.
The I/V stage and power amp schematics (one channel):

When the main power is switched off, the relay shorts the power amp inputs in order to avoid oscillations, generated by I/V stage during discharge of its power supply bypass capacitors, to pass to the power amp.
A/V stage section of the DAC board – one channel, ES9018 chip side (top side in my case)....