The BEST DAC 2021 - SMSL DO200
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
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This SMSL DO200 has officially earned my seal of approval. In fact I think it is the best DAC of 2021. Want to know why? Take a look at why I think the SMSL DO200 is the best DAC of 2021.
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Ah, FINALLY another good review of this new excellent DAC! Although I've been pretending to be an Audiophile for over 40 years now, I've never EVER been the slightest bit interested in anything digital whatsoever. *Vinyl ONLY!* (if the link with pictures of my system and collection isn't removed below, you'll see what I mean) 😁 But... with like somewhere in the neighbourhood of about 6000-7000 albums in FLAC on my HDDs, I figure with the lower cost DACs coming out now and so many of them getting good reviews, I thought, what the hell, why not just try a DAC and see how it sounds with my primary system.
Well... This is my very first DAC, and I've had it now for a few weeks. My primary system is somewhat unusual in that it is comprised of 2 tall multi-driver fully open baffle dipole line arrays. My system is currently tri-amped with 2 vintage (Read: Ancient!) Discrete Sherwood Newcastle amps running dual-mono and a Crown 2502 400/side running the 2-15" dipole woofers. So, it is designed strongly to favour image and soundstage. It is not really expensive, but I feel it is still rather sensitive and shows very subtle differences in the sound according to what source is used. So far, I am quite shockingly impressed with this DAC! With my long standing negative attitude towards digital sound, I really did not expect much. But, WOW! after 'burning in' for a couple of weeks it just keeps sounding better and better. And, I can tell, just like with vinyl pressings, that the source quality of the FLAC files can also make a huge difference in the sound, which shows to me that the DAC must be conveying pretty accurate sound through my system.
Since this DAC is so new, I've been looking for more reviews of it and I was really glad to find yours. This DAC is currently about $489 on Amazon, since you didn't mention it. It is not the most expensive DAC, or even up to some of the highly reviewed 'Mid' level DACs like the Denafrips Ares II which everyone raves about, but is upwards of about $900 shipped. And, others are easily around $2000+ But, I think for just about $500, so far, this seems like it is really doing a nice job in my system. I'll try to post a link to pictures of my system if anyone is bored or has absolutely *NOTHING* better to do 😊 I've posted comments on the lower right corner of some of the pictures giving more details about how my system is set up. Usually, Google's AI immediately deletes any posts with a link in it, but sometimes it allows it, so I'll give it a try in reply to this post. Just to give an idea as to what I'm playing it through.
Thank again mate for the good review, keep up the great work Bro! 👍
Pretty new subsciber here. Been enjoying your channel and slowly trying to get caught up with all your projects and reviews. Great content! Thx
You are familiar, like I knew you long ago. SE Asia, HI, USAF? Whatever. LOL. Enjoying your channel. Continued success. All the best ... "Sir Toid"! 🙏🏼
Have you compared the DO200 and the D300? I just replaced my Emotiva DC-1 with a D300 and I like it a lot. Forget the audiophile jargon. The D300 just makes instruments and voices on CD sound more real.
Excelent review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you compare it with smsl vmv d1 se? Thanks and greetings from Argentina!
Great review, thanks again!
Thanks for coming on. It was great to have you and your expertise!
It could have had eARC...then it would be all I've asked for.
Would you say this is less harsh or warmer? sound. I think I would like a warmer sound. I'm looking at this DAC the SU-9 and the SU-8S, DO200, LOXJIE D50, LOXJIE D40, M500 MK2, and the VMV D1SE or the SU-9N. I stream music with Tidal and never heard MQA but would like to have.
Would the SMSL SP200 work with this good. And is the VMV D1SE any better
I'm new to the DAC scene. Will this connect to my android phone with USB-C
Stumbled upon your channel and the idea of building my own speakers intrigues me but what tools do you need in order to do all of these circular cuts in the wood etc? Not really just the circular tools but what tools would one need at hand in order to make the box I suppose is what I'm asking.
GREAT REVIEW....FOR THE SAME PRICE, DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO COMPARE WITH THE GUSTARD X16? THANKS
I have a great video idea. What if you send your diy speakers to GR-Reasearch for testing and possibly learning better crossover network strategies from someone who is all about those LCRs
besides PS audio, can somebody tell me who else uses i2s?
smsl do100 is much inferior to do200 ?
i am using do100 .
Great review!! Can you suggest a amp which can be stacked along with dac. Primarily for passive speakers
I have the SMSL DA-9 and I really like it
This was designed to be used with the AO200. But you could use another one. I did try it with the AO200. And it sounded great. amzn.to/3Hpz32S
@@Toid Thank you :-)
@@thecartruthreport8451 Thank you
Would it be worth it to run this into my Yamaha aventage and run pure direct?
Does this dac work with the other common smsl remote you showed in the video?
Can you use it as a pre and DAC with volume control simoltaneisly?
noob question how does the chain go dac-headphone amp-speaker amp?
Correct 💯
Does it have a subwoofer out?
Nope. Its just a DAC not an amp.
what stack was on the vid? do200,hO200, and ao200?
How does it compare to RME FS DAC?
Kind of off topic. Headphone recommendation? Looking for best possible sound quality. Any suggestions
Maybe I should rephrase that. If I go with the 770s as you’re using in this video which OHM do I want
@@mjcaron1 the 600 and 250 ohm are best if you use them with an amp. The 80 or whatever is best if you use a phone etc
@@cazschiller Thanks for the reply. Definitely going to be using an amp. Probably a headphone amp at that. Appreciate the help
Whats your budget
This or Gustard x16? Thanks.
I believe this
Can you please comment on the quality of the preamplifier portion of this DAC? Does it live up to the DAC component or should I get a separate preamplifier?
I believe the preamplifier portion lives up to the dac portion. In fact that's the way I'm using it right now.
@@Toid Does the DO200 sound better hooked up to the HO200 pre-amp or by itself?
toid I know I already asked you once about doing a review on some goldwood acoustic audio speakers. and I know you said no before, but i've genuinely never seen anyone review these before and they actually sound okay on a budget, I was just wondering what your opinion would be. I have a spare driver I can send to you
I don't remember saying no. I think I might have said I didn't have any on hand. And I don't have anything against reviewing them, but right now I'm too backed up. I do want to start doing more reviews on speakers as well as individual drivers. When I get to a place where I can do that, maybe I'll throw some goldwood in the mix. The best way to keep up with that would be on the Forum www.toidsdiyaudio.com/community . I want to start making a list of different speakers and drivers I've tested along with data.
@@Toid Sounds great bro thanks for the reply , and would definately be interesting
How does it compare to another dac ?😂
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next month SMSL will release a new DAC and u need to upgrade again,...
They just released the do100 which I should be getting one for review soon.
Why ?
Or cheap tube
He must only deal with cheap tube amplifiers cuz my tube amplifier doesn't the characteristics what he said it's nothing like that
What characteristics doesn't it have?
@@Toid the clarity is unreal it doesn't seem compressed even when you listen to bad recordings. Doesn't seem soft. It's bright when it needs to be and a wide stage
@@kcg7861 I don't disagree with that. And I apologize if you felt that I said anything different. I love tube amplifiers and the sound that they produce.
@@Toid I mean I understand to a point however if you have a good source of music to sound good now tubes to me sound soft and stuff like that if you're running a bad digital-to-analog deck not bad but cheap or you streaming music from a service where it's but if you have CD quality at least and have a good digital to analog converter it sounds excellent
And a lot of the tube amplifiers out on the market or not true tube amplifiers or even p amp
So yeah