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The HiFimeDIY Sabre DAC was developed by DIY (do it yourself} enthusiasts in the purpose of making a really good but cheap dac that could compete against regular commercial DAC's costing many times as much. It utilises a DAC chip from the ESS Technology whose DAC chips is highly regarded. The ES9023 chip is their simplest DAC chip which keeps many of the features of their bigger brothers at a minimal cost.
You pay for the sound, not the enclosure! We use a small lightweight simple box, so you don't have to pay extra for a bigger and more expensive enclosure. The power supply is very important for the sound quality. We use a high end ultra low noise regulator (LT1763). 
 
Used for:
- Mac, Windows and LInux computers. 
 
Features:
- Output on 3.5mm headphone jack.
- Volume Level is controlled by the normal volume control keys on your computer. (no need to use the volume control inside iTunes etc.)
- No drivers required for Mac, Windows and Linux! However for Windows 7 we recommend installing the driver, as the default windows driver has some issues with noise. Download drivers below
- Normal line level output (2Vrms) when connected to amplifiers/preamps. For headphones the level decreases down to 1Vrms for 32ohm headphones
 
Additional features:
-Usb to optical converter. Outputs optical signal if you connect a 3.5mm optical cable in place of a 3.5mm audio cable. Can be useful for connecting your computer to another DAC without usb input.
 
Highlights about Sabre ES9023 dac chip:
- The sound go straight out of the DAC chip and into your headphones or amplifier. It is not needed that the sound signal go through a capacitor to remove a DC voltage, there is no DC voltage to remove! This omits the need of a coloring cap which adds costs and reduces sound quality.
- Jitter Eliminator! The ES9023 utilISed patented HyperstreamTM architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator.
- 112db DNR
 
USB (receiver) chip TenorTE7022L:
- Accepts up to 96khz/24bit input signals over USB. Most USB DAC's use the cheaper PCM2704 usb receiver chips that can only accept up to 48KHZ/16BIT. 
 
Output levels:
Open  2.2Vrms
4.7Kohm 2.1Vrms
1.8Kohm 1.9Vrms
510ohm 1.5Vrms
330ohm 1.3Vrms
30ohm 1Vrms
Note: Normally amplifier inputs are from 10K to 100K ohm. Normal headphones are from 32 ohm to 250ohm.
 
 
Customer feedback:
- Very good value DAC!!!
- Outstanding audio quality; better than my Maverick D2--for 1/5 the cost.
- GREAT!!! This Little thing Sound so Big, smoth, with mutch details. Thank you
- Great little DAC - Very fast delivery - highly recommended
- What a great product. Listening to it right now coupled with a tube amp.
- very small but does good the job
- Très bon dac aux dimensions étonnement petites.
- Wow - this sounds AMAZING! Very fast delivery too. EXCELLENT seller.
- The DAC is fantastic. Thank You!
- Excellent DAC - cheapest Sabre that you will find anywhere!
 
Download Windows drivers:
64 bit: Teralink 64bit driver
32 bit: Teralink 32bit driver
 

Model:UAE23

Shipping (choose one of the options):

"Economy shipping"  $7 option:
Ships from China with registered airmail with transit in Switzerland, "Swiss post" where available  Tracking website: http://www.swisspost.com/
else with "Hong Kong Mail" (other places) Tracking website: http://app3.hongkongpost.com/CGI/mt/enquiry.jsp
for parcels sent earlier in october, we used China post: Tracking website: http://intmail.183.com.cn/item/itemStatusQuery.do

"Standard shipping" $9 option (excl. UK): RECOMMENDED!
Ships from China with registered airmail with transit in Germany, "Deutche post". 
Note: to USA: eBay automatically shows the shipping time as "5 to 10 business days". The correct shipping time should be 7to 15 business days. however the shipping time is not guaranteed, as this is postal service longer shipping time (customs delays might occur. 1-5 days handling time is not included in the shipping time. Tracking website: https://www.deutschepost.de/sendung/simpleQuery.html They require you to enter the shipment date. Write the day after you bought it like this: Date Month Year. 

"Standard shipping" $11 option to UK:
"Standard shipping" to Great Britain is with Royal mail (4-6days) ships from the UK.  Tracking website: http://track2.royalmail.com/portal/rm/track

"Expedited shipping" $26 where available:
We send wit DHL, Fedex or UPS. For this option we need your contact telephone number (required by dhl, fedex, ups) so please include this in comments or send us a message with this.
Note: to USA: eBay automatically shows the shipping time as "1 to 4 business days". The correct shipping time should be 4 to 8 business days (not including our 1-5 days handling time)

Handling time is 2-5 days. Normally 2 days.