I was very sceptical about the reviews but what the heck, I gave it a go. Bought in the Black Friday Sales at a reasonable price. I wanted to test it out on a piece of classical music. Respighi's Festival of Rome final movement has several layers of orchestration with multiple instruments playing at the same time. What I was hoping for was sound stage and separation but it's a very demanding piece for a DAC. I was so happy and amazed. This magical box of tricks coped so well. The sound was so smooth, rounded but bulky. Plenty of excitement and detail as well. I will be keeping this DAC for now and looking forward to more extended playing. Read more

This is a phenomenal DAC/AMP that does basically everything you could expect from a much more expensive device -- and does so with prowess. Sound is crisp, controlled, dynamic, harmonious, and wide. There is this unyielding thrust in the way the DL200 drives all my devices. It pairs masterfully with my Edifier MR4 through the balanced TRS outputs, which are virtually unheard of at this price point. Actually, I cannot recommend this pairing enough for a desktop setup -- the DL200 + the MR4, that is. It is just out of this world what you get by combining both devices, particularly considering the price. I also own the SMSL SU-1, which has (fairly) received raving reviews everywhere, and I have A/B-compared it to the DL200. I have also A/B-compared the DL200 via regular RCA and TRS outputs. To my ears, the SU-1 sounds grainy and tiny in comparison, cannot hold a candle to the DL200. There is also a good difference between the DL200 in RCA and TRS modes, the latter being significanly better. So, if you do buy the DL200, make sure to have active speakers with TRS inputs to make the most out of it. On the headphones front, the DL200's 4.4 jack is actually unbalanced. What that means here, however, unlike in other DACs where the unbalanced output is not as good as the balanced one, is that the 6.35 jack will function just as well as the 4.4. And function they do! The DL200 is able to imprint a full sound to my headphones that I cannot get from any of the other DACs I own, including my FiiO BTR7 with THX amplifiers. You end up having more possibilities of connection without needing to worry about differences in quality between the headphone jacks. I have a 6.35 to 3.5mm adapter tightly connected to the 6.35mm jack and that makes my life so much easier in switching between headphones. Note: where people refer to clicks/pops in sample rate changes between tracks (like from 48kHz to 192kHz) as a quality-control issue -- a 'quirk' -- affecting the DL200, please ignore. I must say such clicks/pops are not only something extremely minor, but are also common behaviour between virtually all of my other DACs. This is nothing that will affect your experience with the DL200 -- a purchase that I promise you won't regret. Read more

Este fue la segunda unidad que compramos, actualmente llevamos 3 comprados en mi familia, uno con cada uno, dos con equipos Marantz de última generación y uno con un AVR Onkyo, yo lo uso como se describe en el video, preferí esa configuración a un Streamer con CD de la marca de mi amplificador y no, no me arrepiento, logré un sistema de audio Hi Fi impecable, mi última adición será un Acondicionador de Línea Panamax, ya les contaré que tanto mejora la calidad de audio que ya para mi es más que excelente, lo único que me falta es eliminar las interferencias de la línea eléctrica y creo que con eso quedará un equipo de audio muy muy completo, pero eso queda solucionado esta misma semana¡¡ Read more

Remote requires quite accurate pointing to dl200, distance is not problem. At least approx from 5 meters tested. Dl-200 itself works without any problems. Setting up was very easy process. Small minus is, that dimming of lcd could be more efficient. Even at lowest value, it is bit too bright (you can turn it complately off). I am using this as "preamp". Read more

En este rango de precio, dac muy completo y correcto Read more