Weiliang DAC with ESS ES9018 Chip

[Gabrie]

Hallo,
I have read the following Thread in diy-hifi-forum.de: DIY-HIFI-Forum - Einzelnen Beitrag anzeigen - DAC-7 Weiliang ist geliefert and Thread 47 .
Has someone here made experience with this DAC. I KNEW Dieter well and tend to believe him!
Thank you Gabriel

 

[Gabrie]

ordered

Hallo,
I just ordered the SE 9018 DAC by Weiliang:
SABRE ES9018 DAC
Also 2 x AD797 single OP-Amps and 2 x OPA2134 PA dual OP-Amps!
This trafo: R-Core 50 VA, 2 x 15v, 2 x 9v from minishow...!
I allready have a suitable enclosure!
But here in Cologne I have to wait now for 3-4 weeks!
Regards Gabriel

 

[Gabrie]

Hallo!
The dac Is running now for about 10 weeks, but at least needs 80 - 100 hours to burn in. - It seems, that other components in the chain, to be the limitation. This are: 2 x Adam A7X (love them !), 2 x 2m Sommer-Polaris, Diy-SRPP-Tube-Pre-Amp, 2 x 0,5 m Straight Wire Maestro, Weiliang ES9018 Chip-DAC, cm 6631A USB-adapter-card, 2 m Straight Wire Megalink II, Denon DCD 1560,
2 m ViaBlue KR-2 Silver USB-Cable 2.0 A/B, Windows 7 PC. -
I am still changing my 230v Cables in to Solid-Core.
Regards Gabriel

 

[sanford1]

I got the upgraded board with the better caps and used AD8620 and OPA627 for the opamps. Put some line filtration and ferrite on the power and it turned out quite well. This is a very smooth and quiet sounding DAC.