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Chinese DACs

I just bought a DAC from a guy, who modded it, for 60 bucks and it sounds better than my newer NAD CD player.
I wish I knew which model I had. The guy who modded it said if you are buying a DAC for more than 150 bucks or more than two years old you are getting ripped off. Anybody else have good luck with Chinese DACs? Any you could recommend?
128x128chopper72
notec
407 posts
 
Mhdt Labs, Taiwan
gregfisk
118 posts
 
The MHDT is a very good dac, and you can't beat the used price they are selling for.
singleendedsingle
664 posts
 
The MHDT havana is very popular, but pricey. I'm not sure if Op is asking for budget dacs only.
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jazzonthehudson
277 posts
 
Eastern Electric MiniMax, hands down the best under 1k new, opamp rolling is another great feature.
wordalive
9 posts
 
I've had a lot of luck with  minishow0328 on ebay.  I've gotten one with a ES9018 and I've since replaced it with a DSD capable model with the ES9038 chip set. I replaced the op-amps with Burson V4 in the first one and I'm using Vivid v.6 in the new one.  I've also added a tube stage using matched Soviet/USSR area voskhod tubes.  This combo is magic to me!!!! Kills a lot of stuff I've heard. 
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