FS: DAC L.K.S Dual ES9018 , PCM up to 384KHz and DSD512 + Femto Clock

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For sale DAC on ES9018 dual chips.

In excellent visual condition + two mods: 1) crystal oscillator changed on Crystek 100-575-50 + low noise PSU for it (similar to Ultra Low jitter Femto Clock, 82fS jitter @100MHz); 2) capacitors on analog lines changed on Elna Silmic II.
About sound, you could read these review: L.K.S ESS9018 X2 ?? - ???????? - Hiendy.com ????? - Powered by Discuz! (site about this DAC and its modifications)
On ebay it costs ~1299. This one with mods sells much lower.

Techs:

Dual ES9018 chip Hi-End Stereo DAC, based on the world highest performance DAC chip from ESStech.
Dual ES9018 chips work in MONO Mode in purpose of reaching pure nature sound.
Class A discrete power supply for I/V & LPF.
Amanero Combo384 USB module integrated. Support DSD64,DSD128,( DSD256,DSD512 in Microsoft OS) .
USB I2S supports up to 384K/32bit.
AES/EBU,COAX,BNC,2 OPT input, support 44.1K, 48k,88.2k,96k,176.4k,192k sample rate.
XLR balanced (5Vrms)and RCA unblanced(2Vrms) output.
Digital volume control range from 0dB~-127dB.
ALPS EC11 rotater for function and volume setting.
256*64 dot OLED displyer.
THD< 0.0003% ,DNR> 120dB, SNR>120dB

It has descrete ioutput in class A. This DAC sounds natural, with ocean details, well-drawn space and volume. It has wide, deep and open stage. Excellent for live concerts and sounds of nature.

Price 825$

 

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This might be a stupid question. Are the Ess 9018 run in balanced operation?

 

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It has both - balanced and unbalanced outputs

 

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