SMSL SU-9 Pro
A flagship-chip DAC at half the flagship price — and the usual argument over whether you can hear the chip at all.
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SMSL
Budget desktop DACs & amps
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SMSL (Foshan ShuangMuSanLin Electronics) is a Chinese audio-electronics maker founded in 2009 that builds desktop DACs, headphone amps and class-D speaker amplifiers, widely known for measurement-forum-favourite performance at low prices.
- Founded
- 2009
- Based in
- Shenzhen, China
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SMSL SU-1
The cheapest way to stop worrying about your DAC — as long as yours is one of the ones that keeps working.
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SMSL C200
Measured beyond reproach and argued about anyway — over whether it has a sound, and over what that 4.4 mm jack is really wired to.
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SMSL RAW-MDA1
A top-twenty measuring DAC for $250 that adds nothing of its own — which is either the whole point or the whole problem.
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SMSL DL200 / AO200 Stack
SMSL's matched DAC-and-amp desk stack measures like far pricier gear — what reviewers actually argue over isn't the sound, it's one clicky quirk.
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Prices in USD, recorded when each review was updated.