2018年3月23日 · Musical Paradise has an ESS ES9038PRO module ($300) and is releasing an AK4499 module in mid-2020. This would allow one to measure the chip behavior in the same hardware. Unfortunately the tubed output may limit performance enough to negate any measurable differences. Then along comes Gustard with the DAC-X26 (dual ES9038Pro):

2017年7月24日 · The ES9038pro chip is right of center, a 64 pin qfn package. I included a thermal pad and vias beneath. The right of that is a Crystek oscillator. Does anyone know if these have power supply bypassing internally? To the right of the oscillator, a header for a micro-controller.

2021年2月27日 · I know this is an old tread, however, I thought I would add a few words regarding the difference between Sabre 9038Pro and AKM4499 chipsets, as people have already mentioned, how the Chips are applied (power, input and output applications), however, I have had the opportunity to listen to both chipsets with almost the same application, via the Topping D90 …

2019年12月12日 · This is a detailed look at temperature sensitivity of the ESS ES9038Pro DAC chip as used in SMSL USB DAC. In a separate thread it was shown that another unit had its performance improve with temperature/on time whereas my review sample performed the reversed. I purchased another M500 from Amazon Prime which means it was already in stock …

2018年5月5日 · Anyone have experience with this DAC? Looks pretty interesting: Priced right < $500. XLR and RCA outs. Remote ES9038Pro Chip Looks like a decent alternative to the DX7S.

2016年12月5日 · The ES9038PRO SABRE DAC is the flagship of the ESS PRO series. It sets a new benchmark for audio excellence with the industry’s highest dynamic range (DNR), up to 140dB, in a 32-bit, 8-channel DAC. The ES9038PRO was designed for premium home theater equipment including Blu-ray players, preamplifiers, all-in-one A/V receivers, and more.

2019年11月14日 · @Cdorn78 That is an excellent dac, that not only measures well but has also received high subjective praise from SBAF (another forum), that uses the Schiit Yggy as the standard best dac.

2020年6月17日 · SMSL D1SE Balanced ES9038PRO DAC CPLD Altera XMOS 32bit 768kHz DSD512 ;)... Reviews. Review Index. Forums.

2023年10月21日 · ES9038PRO is of the previous generation of ESS dac chips. There are newer chips with newer part numbers, such as ES9039PRO and ES9038Q2M. The latter dac chip is probably a better choice for a dual mono dac design at this time. That is, unless you have some particular reason for needing to use ES9038PRO.

2018年1月8日 · Hard to get a straight answer on what the exact diff. between chips are other than the model number itself; and ESS's own obscure (=uninformative) description. Notably, that es9038q2m is a Smartphone/mobile device while es9038pro …