Wow, this is a fantastic price on a really nice DAC! I bought one back in November for my primary headphone stack (replaced my SU-8 V2) an have been really impressed with it. The cheapest price it has ever been on Amazon was $305.99 (price tracker link below), so this is a smoking deal!
https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B096Z2GB2T
gtb75Agreed! I paid full price $360 for this when it first came out. Bought it to save over the SU-9 since it’s pretty close in performance for a lot less. I’d say it’s probably the best DAC you can buy at under $200.
SyxxspeedDefinitely the best DAC value out there at this price - by a long shot IMO! I just picked up another one to replace the Loxjie D30 (AKM) in my bedroom rig. The D30 is a competent little DAC, but the SU-8s is really nicely voiced for an ESS based DAC and does several things meaningfully better than the D30.