Aimpire AD10 PC USB Amplifier, Music Receiver USB DAC CSS XMOS XU208 ES9018K2M OPA2134 Decoder Audio Amplifier (D10 Silver)

Excellent quality/price DAC. Highly recommended.

Ordered as an alternative potential solution to a specific problem; Bluetooth is the other direction under consideration. The "Aimpire AD10 PC USB Amplifier, Music Receiver USB DAC CSS XMOS XU208 ES9018K2M OPA2134 Decoder Audio Amplifier (D10 Silver)" is designed as a possible replacement or substitute audio system especially for computers with on-board audio.Failure of or faults with on-board audio system are more common than some would believe and two such instances were personally experienced. That was not the specific issue but one created by giving the used solution to a family member in response to ongoing requests to help solve a specific situation; it left an unfilled hole within a personal set-up that needed to be filled - this DAC-amp was considered as a possible solution.It accepts only USB input and output is by RCA line sockets or SPDIF (optical or wired). It can then feed a small audio amplifier and speakers, or active speakers directly without any intermediate hardware with the obvious proviso of them having RCA connectivity - the speaker system used did not! It has a large LED screen that displays the sampling frequency and digital nature of the current input that some may require and its possible Unique Selling Point although not needed or essential.It performed less well than a simple sub-£10 USB audio adapter. Its SPDIF output options were of no current interest or required as an RCA male to AUX socket adapter was essential and used to suit the existing 2.1 speaker system. Speaker volumes were below expectation as it required the system volume level to set to around 70% when it was previously never set beyond 10%, a significant drop in output power, and it was therefore immediately returned.

Tried several DACS before finding this one. Others I tried had various problems, mostly associated with turning the PC on and off but this one works perfectly. It makes no unwanted noises when powering up/down and never locks up or misbehaves.

Only used for digital coaxial output but clean sound and low noise output.

Inferior clone of Topping D10. Lots of noise.Don't buy!