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Has any inexpensive Asian DAC manufacturer harnessed the ESS Sabre ES9038PRO Chip?

Many Asian manufacturers of inexpensive (sub-$500 USD) DAC’s have successfully implemented the now second tier ESS Sabre ES9038Q2M chip. Anyone have reports of an inexpensive DAC with decent implementation of the ESS’s newest flagship chip, ES9038PRO?
celander
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celander OP
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DAC3B uses the ES9028PRO chip, not the newer ES9038PRO chip. 
djones51
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Damn, Oh well, I doubt I could hear the difference.
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Lol, +1 ☝🏻
abasia
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What is inexpensive? Massdrop has the SMSL VMV D1 DAC that uses octo(8x) ES9038PROs for $900.

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/smsl-vmv-d1-dac
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Abasia, 

Inexpensive means $500 or less for this discussion.

The SMSL VMV D1 DAC has 2 ES9038PRO chips. Each chip has 8 channels that can be combined together. 
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