01-13-2024, 10:27 PM
Just an FYI to be careful when buying DAC's based on the ESS90xx chips. Only a handful of I2S DAC's for example Allo Katana and Audiophonics ES9038 are designed along with their firmware and Linux kernel I2S drivers to provide full access to ESS chip options, hyperstream hardware volume controller and DoP. Same goes for USB DAC's based on ESS90xx especially if they claim to support DSD but do not explicitly specify both Native and DoP.
As always, ask the manufacturer or on Forums like diyAudio that typically discuss such products in detail.
As always, ask the manufacturer or on Forums like diyAudio that typically discuss such products in detail.
