Inexpensive DAC: Schiit Modi 3 or Topping D30


Any reason to prefer one over the other for use while my Ayre Codex is away for repair?  Source is USB from an ultraRendu (Roon endpoint); output from the DAC to an Ayre A7e integrated.
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Showing 1 response by mwatsme

+1 for Topping E30 - it bests D30 in measurements and costs only $30 more. It also has remote, volume control mode or DAC-only mode (fixed volume), input-sensing auto on/off. D30 uses Cirrus chip, where E30 uses AK4493 (better chipset) - as @djones51 said above.

All this makes it more usable for other purposes (computer desk, office, etc) when your units comes back from repair.