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S.M.S.L adds to its impressive audio source portfolio with the budget-friendly SU-1 DAC. It offers multiple inputs, a clean and transparent sound, good build quality, and an easily concealable form factor at a compelling price to warrant a place in your first desktop audio setup for headphones or speakers alike.

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very interesting its 100$ in ali with free shipping, i might actually have a go.
 
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I'd probably consider SMSL C100 instead, it has some additional things like headphone amp and remote and not much higher price

And M300SE if you need balanced outputs
 

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I'd probably consider SMSL C100 instead, it has some additional things like headphone amp and remote and not much higher price

And M300SE if you need balanced outputs
C100 is also just a DAC, you need a separate amp with it as with the SU-1.
 
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C100 is also just a DAC, you need a separate amp with it as with the SU-1.

Whops, sorry. Yes, C200 is the one with everything, as well as DL200.
Topping MX3s can even power passive loudspeakers
 

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Whops, sorry. Yes, C200 is the one with everything, as well as DL200.
Topping MX3s can even power passive loudspeakers
The first two are over twice the cost of the SU-1, which makes sense since an additional amp would be similarly priced, and compete against the likes of the FiiO K5 Pro/K7 instead. The MX3 looks neat, but feels discontinued now so I don't know what it went for. Either way, I'd say the value proposition of the SU-1 remains valid.
 
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